1. Alexandros Panagoulis was a Greek politician and poet.
29 Facts About Alexandros Panagoulis
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Alexandros Panagoulis took an active role in the fight against the Regime of the Colonels in Greece.
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Alexandros Panagoulis became famous for his attempt to assassinate dictator Georgios Papadopoulos on 13 August 1968, but for the torture to which he was subjected during his detention.
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Alexandros Panagoulis was born in the Glyfada neighbourhood of Athens.
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Alexandros Panagoulis was the second son of Vassilios Panagoulis, an officer in the Greek Army, and his wife Athena, and the brother of Georgios Panagoulis, a Greek Army officer and victim of the Colonels' regime, and Efstathios, who became a politician.
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Alexandros Panagoulis's father was from Divri in Elis while his mother was from the Ionian island of Lefkada.
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Alexandros Panagoulis studied at the National Technical University of Athens in the School of Electrical Engineering.
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From his teenage years, Alexandros Panagoulis was inspired by democratic values.
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Alexandros Panagoulis participated actively in the fight against the Regime of the Colonels.
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Alexandros Panagoulis deserted from the Greek military because of his democratic convictions and founded the organization National Resistance.
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Alexandros Panagoulis went into self-exile in Cyprus in order to develop a plan of action.
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Alexandros Panagoulis returned to Greece where, with the help of his collaborators, he organized the 13 August 1968 assassination attempt against Papadopoulos, close to Varkiza.
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Alexandros Panagoulis stated that he had no regrets about his attempt to kill Papadopoulos as "he destroyed the legal government - he abolished the liberties of the people".
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Alexandros Panagoulis was put on trial by the Military Court on 3 November 1968, condemned to death with other members of National Resistance on 17 November 1968, and subsequently transported to the island of Aegina for the sentence to be carried out.
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Alexandros Panagoulis refused to cooperate with the junta, and was subjected to physical and psychological torture.
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Alexandros Panagoulis was re-arrested and sent temporarily to the camp of Goudi.
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Alexandros Panagoulis was eventually placed in solitary confinement at Bogiati, from which he unsuccessfully attempted to escape on several occasions.
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Alexandros Panagoulis went into self-exile in Florence, Italy, in order to continue the resistance.
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Alexandros Panagoulis made a series of allegations against mainstream politicians who he said had openly or secretly collaborated with the junta.
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Alexandros Panagoulis eventually resigned from his party, after disputes with the leadership, but remained in the parliament as an independent deputy.
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Alexandros Panagoulis stood by his allegations, which he made openly against the then Minister of National Defence, Evangelos Averoff, and others.
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Alexandros Panagoulis reportedly received political pressure and threats against his life in order to persuade him to tone down his allegations.
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Alexandros Panagoulis was killed on 1 May 1976 at the age of 36 in a car accident on Vouliagmenis Avenue in Athens.
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Alexandros Panagoulis was brutally tortured during his incarceration by the junta.
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Alexandros Panagoulis had previously published several collections in Greek, including The Paint.
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The life and work of Alexandros Panagoulis attracted the interest of a number of artists.
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Alexandros Panagoulis collaborated with composer Ennio Morricone on the 1974 album Non Devi Dimenticare, which featured Alexandros Panagoulis' poetry and was partly narrated by him.
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Alexandros Panagoulis was the subject of Panagulis Vive, a 1980 220-minute, four-part Italian RAI mini-series directed and co-written by Giuseppe Ferrara.
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Alexandros Panagoulis participated in a 45-minute 1973 documentary Altri Seguiranno, with photography-montage by Silvano Agosti.