Freethinkers'_Party

Freethinkers' Party

Freethinkers' Party

Political party in Greece


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]

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

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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.

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