Freethinker's Party Κόμμα των Ελευθεροφρόνων | |
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| Leader | Ioannis Metaxas |
| Founded | November 1922 |
| Dissolved | 4 August 1936 |
| Split from | People's Party |
| Headquarters | Athens |
| Newspaper | Nea Imera |
| Ideology | Greek nationalism National conservatism Agrarianism Monarchism Metaxism[1] |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Religion | Greek Orthodox |
| Colours | Black, 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.
- ^ Ioannis Metaxas, Ιωάννης Μεταξάς. ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ ΜΕΤΑΞΑΣ, ΤΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΟΝ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΜΜΑΤΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΦΡΟΝΩΝ "ΝΕΑ ΗΕΡΑ" 13 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ 1922 (PDF).
- ^ "25 new pictures from the 4th of August State | Metaxas Project". Metaxas Project. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ "Photograph". Metaxas Project.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.