Panagiotis "Takis" Anagnostopoulos (Greek: Παναγιώτης (Τάκης) Αναγνωστόπουλος) was a Lieutenant General of the Greek Army and close friend and associate of Prime Ministers Georgios Papandreou and Andreas Papandreou.
[2] In November 1963, when Georgios Papandreou became Prime Minister, Anagnostopoulos, then a Colonel, was appointed Chief of the Espionage Branch of the Central Intelligence Service (KYP), a post he held until May 1965, when he became overall Chief of KYP.
[3] However, two months later, in July 1965, the Apostasia brought down the government, and he was also one of the officers accused of being implicated in the so-called ASPIDA affair.
In the ASPIDA trial, that concluded in early 1967, just before the imposition of the Regime of the Colonels, he was acquitted on all charges.
Following the restoration of democracy in 1974, and the establishment of the PASOK party by Andreas Papandreou, Anagnostopoulos remained an influential adviser on military and security issues.