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Constitutional history of Greece
In the modern history of Greece, starting from the Greek War of Independence, the Constitution of 1975/1986/2001 is the last in a series of democratically adopted Constitutions (with the exception of the Constitutions of 1968 and 1973 imposed by a dictatorship).
Greek War of Independence
[edit]Main article: First Hellenic Republic
During the Greek War of Independence, three constitutional texts (Constitutions of 1822, 1823 and 1827) were adopted by the Greek National Assemblies, the national representative political gatherings of the Greek revolutionaries. These constitutions were influenced by:
A year before the adoption of the Greek Constitution of 1822, local Assemblies had ratified the so-called Greek local statutes, such as the Senate Organization of Western Greece, the Legal Order of Eastern Greece and the Peloponnesian Senate Organization.
From the absolute to the constitutional monarchy (1833–1924)
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The EON – The Greek fascist youth of Metaxas
Given the limits on his personal power as dictator and a lack of a social base for his regime, Metaxas turned to the example set by the contemporary fascist regimes, deciding that the creation of a youth movement on the fascist model was the only way for him to acquire the social base he lacked. The example of how other fascist regimes went about the mobilisation of their youth had a great effect upon the direction which Metaxas took, in that he opted for the creation from above of a youth movement, as a principal means of mobilising the Greek youth.
The indoctrination of the youth through the youth movement was the main expression of the fascist influence on Greece, but the way in which the movement operated in practice demonstrated that this type of imported organisation was inappropriate to the Greek case, and the youth movement disintegrated after the regime’s ending in April 1941. It proved impossible to achieve youth mobil
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Election to the Throne of Greece (1822–1832)
Election of a monarch for newly independent Greece
The search for a candidate for the throne of Greece began soon after the start of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire (1821–1829) and concluded two years after the international recognition of the country's independence in 1830, and was a pivotal moment in Greek history. The conflict was significantly shaped bygd the involvement of major European powers, namely the United Kingdom, Russia, and France, as well as internecine Greek conflicts during and after the War of Independence.
From the outset of the Greek War of Independence, the leaders of the rebellion recognized that the major European powers, collectively known as the "Conservative Order" that emerged from the Congress of Vienna, would acknowledge only Greece's independence if it adopted a monarchical form eller gestalt of government. Consequently, the Greeks endeavored to identify a utländsk prince who would be amenabl