The Greek plebiscite of December 8, 1974, resulted in the final abolition of the monarchy

Kingdom of Greece

The Kingdom of Greece was a state established in 1832 in the Convention of London by the Great Powers...

 in Greece

Greece

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 and the establishment of the current Third Hellenic Republic.

After the collapse of the military junta

Greek military junta of 1967-1974

The Greek military junta of 1967–1974, alternatively "The Regime of the Colonels" , or in Greece "The Junta", and "The Seven Years" are terms used to refer to a series of right-wing military governments that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974...

 that ruled the country from 1967, the issue of the form of government remained unsolved. The Junta had already staged a plebiscite

Greek plebiscite, 1973

The Greek plebiscite of 29 July 1973 was held by the then ruling dictatorial regime under Georgios Papadopoulos and resulted in the abolition of monarchy and the establishment of a Republic, initiating the first period of the Metapolitefsi.- Background :...

 the year before, which resulted in the establishment of the Republic (see Metapolitefsi

Metapolitefsi

The Metapolitefsi was a period in Greek history after the fall of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 that includes the transitional period from the fall of the dictatorship to the Greek legislative elections of 1974 and the democratic period immediately after these elections.The long...

). However, after the fall of the military regime, the new government, under Constantine Karamanlis

Constantine Karamanlis

Konstantínos G. Karamanlís , commonly anglicised to Constantine Karamanlis or Caramanlis, was a four-time Prime Minister, the 3rd and 5th President of the Third Hellenic Republic and a towering figure of Greek politics whose political career spanned much of the latter half of the 20th century.-...

, decided to hold another one, as Junta legal acts were considered illegal. Constantine II

Constantine II of Greece

|align=right|Constantine II was King of Greece from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1973, the sixth and last monarch of the Greek Royal Family....

, the former King, was banned by the new government from returning to Greece to campaign in the referendum.

The results of the plebiscite were significantly in favour of not restoring the monarchy. To date it is the last national referendum to be held in Greece.