National Union (Portugal)

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The National Union (Portuguese: União Nacional, IPA: [u.ni.'ɐ̃w̃ nɐ.sju.'naɫ]) was the only legal political party of the Portuguese Estado Novo (New State) regime. It was founded in 1930, during the Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship). Officially, it was not a political party, but an "organisation of unity of all the Portuguese". In 1970, two years after António de Oliveira Salazar was replaced by Marcello Caetano as its leader, the name of the party was changed to Acção Nacional Popular (People's National Action). The party won all of the seats in the Portuguese National Assembly elections, from 1934 to 1973. The party was disbanded in 1974, following the Carnation revolution, when democracy was restored in Portugal.