Freethinkers' Party

Freethinker's Party
Κόμμα των Ελευθεροφρόνων
LeaderIoannis Metaxas
FoundedNovember 1922
Dissolved4 August 1936
Split fromPeople's Party
HeadquartersAthens
NewspaperNea Imera
IdeologyGreek nationalism
National conservatism
Agrarianism
Monarchism
Metaxism[1]
Political positionFar-right
ReligionGreek Orthodox
ColoursBlack, white, blue
Party flag

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The Freethinkers' Party or Free Opinion Party (Greek: Κόμμα των Ελευθεροφρόνων) was a Greek nationalist and monarchist party founded and led by Ioannis Metaxas who was the Prime Minister and dictator of Greece from 1936 to 1941.[4] It was formally founded in November 1922 after the adoption of the party's manifesto that was unveiled on 13 October 1922.[5] Metaxas had the party and all other parties dissolved following the establishment of the 4th of August Regime, in which he ruled as an official independent.[6]

The first programmatic declaration of the party was published in the daily Nea Imera on 13 October 1922.

Election results

General elections

Election Votes % Seats
1926 151,660 15.78
52 / 286
1928 53,958 5.3
1 / 250
1932 18,591 1.59
3 / 254
1933 25,758 2.3
6 / 248
1936 50,137 3.9
7 / 300

Senate elections

Election Votes % Seats
1929 22,518 2.73
2 / 92

References

  1. ^ Ioannis Metaxas, Ιωάννης Μεταξάς. ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ ΜΕΤΑΞΑΣ, ΤΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΟΝ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΜΜΑΤΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΦΡΟΝΩΝ "ΝΕΑ ΗΕΡΑ" 13 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ 1922 (PDF).
  2. ^ "25 new pictures from the 4th of August State | Metaxas Project". Metaxas Project. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Photograph". Metaxas Project.
  4. ^ Davies, Peter; Lynch, Derek (2002). The Routledge companion to fascism and the far right. Routledge companions (1. publ ed.). London, England, UK; New York, New York, USA: Routledge. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-415-21494-0. LCCN 2002028462. OCLC 50129385.
  5. ^ Petrakis, Marina (2006). The Metaxas myth: dictatorship and propaganda in Greece. Tauris academic studies. London and New York: I. B. Taurus. p. 18. ISBN 9781845110376.
  6. ^ Fischer, Bernd Jürgen, ed. (2007). Balkan strongmen: dictators and authoritarian rulers of South Eastern Europe. Central European Studies. West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press. ISBN 978-1-55753-455-2.