Figure 12. Organization of Defense Establishment, 1994

Source: Based on information from "Defence and Economics in Greece," NATO's Sixteen Nations, 37, No. 5, 1992, 45.

The current national defense system is designed to guarantee civilian control of the armed forces, a vital constraint in view of the 1967 coup and the seven-year military dictatorship that followed. The 1975 constitution, ratified one year after the collapse of the junta, fixes the mechanism of command.

Data as of December 1994

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