Freethinkers' Party

Freethinker's Party
Κόμμα των Ελευθεροφρόνων
Leader Ioannis Metaxas
Founded November 1922
Dissolved August 4, 1936
Split from People's Party
Headquarters Athens, Greece
Newspaper Nea Imera
Ideology Greek nationalism
Agrarianism
Conservatism
Social liberalism[1]
Political position Far-right[2]
Religion Greek Orthodox
International affiliation None
Colours      Black

The Freethinkers' 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.[3] It was formally founded in November 1922 after the adoption of the party's manifesto that was unveiled on October 13, 1922.[4] 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.[5]

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

Electoral results

Results 1926–1936
(year links to election page)
Year Type of Election Votes % Mandates
1926
General
151,660
15.78
52 / 286
1928
General
53,958
5.3
1 / 250
1929
Senate
22,518
2.73
2 / 92
1932
General
18,591
1.59
3 / 254
1933
General
25,758
2.3
6 / 248
1936
General
50,137
3.9
7 / 300

References

  1. www.ioannismetaxas.gr/Komma%20Eleftherofronon.pdf
  2. Clogg, Richard (1992), A Concise History of Greece (Second ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 115
  3. Peter Davies, Derek Lynch. The Routledge companion to fascism and the far right. London, England, UK; New York, New York, USA: Routledge, 2002. Pp. 276.
  4. Marina Petrakis. The Metaxas Myth: Dictatorship and Propaganda in Greece. London, England, UK; New York, New York, USA: I. B. Taurus, 2006. Pp. 18.
  5. Jürgen Fischer. Balkan strongmen: dictators and authoritarian rulers of South Eastern Europe. London, England, UK: Purdue University Press, 2007. Pp. 181.
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