Freethinkers' Party

Freethinker's Party

Κόμμα των Ελευθεροφρόνων
Freethinker's Party Κόμμα των Ελευθεροφρόνων
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
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.

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

^ 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.