Τhe last surviving member of the military junta that ruled Greece between 1967 and 1974, Nikolaos Dertilis, died at the 'Erythros Stavros' hospital on Monday after being transferred to the hospital in early December when he had a stroke.
Dertilis, aged 92 at the time of his death, had been serving a life sentence for the murder of 20-year-old Mihalis Myrogiannis on November 18, 1973 during the events of the Polytechnic uprising. He served 38 years in Korydallos prison because he refused to leave (even though he was entitled to) "on grounds of principle".
He insisted on this stance even when his 62-year-old son passed away earlier in 2012, refusing to apply to leave the prison to attend the funeral even though Justice Minister Antonis Roupakiotis had given instructions that he should be assisted in the matter if he wished to go.
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