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Kountouras was an officer of Infantry in the Hellenic Army, with service in the Mountain Raiding Companies (LOK). In December 1967, he took part in the counter-coup d étatΤον Δεκέμβριο του 1967 of Constantine II of Greece , with whom he tried to counterattack against the junta. After its failure, the junta cashiered him.