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
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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

↑ www.ioannismetaxas.gr/Komma%20Eleftherofronon.pdf
↑ Clogg, Richard (1992), A Concise History of Greece (Second ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 115
↑ 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.
↑ Marina Petrakis. The Metaxas Myth: Dictatorship and Propaganda in Greece. London, England, UK; New York, New York, USA: I. B. Taurus, 2006. Pp. 18.
↑ Jürgen Fischer. Balkan strongmen: dictators and authoritarian rulers of South Eastern Europe. London, England, UK: Purdue University Press, 2007. Pp. 181.

Greek nationalism

Ideology	Modern Greek Enlightenment Megali Idea Hellenization Venizelism Metaxism Enosis

Organizations	Filiki Eteria Ethniki Etaireia Hellenic Macedonian Committee National Youth Organisation National Republican Greek League EOKA EOKA B

Political Parties	Nationalist Party New Party Liberal Party Freethinkers' Party Politically Independent Alignment Greek Rally National Party of Greece 4th of August Party National Alignment Party of Hellenism National Political Union Hellenic Front Front Line Patriotic Alliance National Front (Greece) Popular Orthodox Rally Golden Dawn National Unity Association

People	Adamantios Korais Rigas Feraios Alexander Ypsilantis Athanasios Diakos Dionysios Solomos Ioannis Kolettis Constantine Paparrigopoulos Alexandros Koumoundouros Theodoros Diligiannis Charilaos Trikoupis Kostis Palamas Pavlos Melas Ion Dragoumis Eleftherios Venizelos Alexandros Papanastasiou Nikolaos Plastiras Ioannis Metaxas Angelos Sikelianos Alexandros Papagos Napoleon Zervas Georgios Grivas Georgios Papadopoulos Dimitrios Ioannidis

Historical events	Greco-Persian Wars Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty Greek War of Independence Cretan Revolt (1866–69) Greco-Turkish War (1897) Macedonian Struggle Balkan Wars Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus National Schism Greco-Turkish war (1919-1922) 4th of August Regime Greek Resistance Cypriot intercommunal violence Greek military junta of 1967–74 1974 Cypriot coup d'état 1990 Komotini events

Policies	Geographical name changes Greek language question Macedonia naming dispute

Monarchism in Greece

Ideology	Tradition Christian faith Family values Metaxism

Organizations	Epistratoi National Youth Organisation Organization X

Political Parties	People's Party United Opposition (Greece) Union of Royalists Freethinkers' Party Politically Independent Alignment Greek Rally Union of Populars Popular Social Party National Alignment National Hope

People	Dimitrios Gounaris Ioannis Metaxas Panagis Tsaldaris Alexandros Papagos Konstantinos Tsaldaris Georgios Grivas Georgios Rallis

Historical events	Balkan Wars National Schism Noemvriana Greco-Turkish war (1919-1922) Greek referendum, 1920 Great Fire of Smyrna Greek monarchy referendum, 1935 4th of August Regime Greece in WWII Greek Civil War Greek referendum, 1946 Apostasia of 1965 King's counter-coup (1967)

Policies	Greek language question Social order

Conservatism in Greece

Ideology	Tradition Family values Private property Monarchism Metaxism

Organizations	Panhellenic Liberation Organization

Political Parties	People's Party Freethinkers' Party Greek Rally Union of Populars Popular Social Party National Radical Union Democratic Renewal New Democracy Political Spring Democratic Revival National Hope Independent Greeks National Unity Association

People	Ioannis Kapodistrias Stefanos Dragoumis Viktor Dousmanis Dimitrios Gounaris Petros Protopapadakis Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos Panagis Tsaldaris Ioannis Metaxas Alexandros Papagos Konstantinos Tsaldaris Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Helen Vlachos Stefanos Stefanopoulos Odysseas Elytis Georgios Rallis Konstantinos Tsatsos Konstantinos Karamanlis

Historical events	National Schism Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt Greek monarchy referendum, 1935 4th of August Regime Greek Civil War Greek referendum, 1946 Metapolitefsi

Policies	Greek language question Social order Greek economic miracle

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