Freethinkers' Party (Greece)

Freethinker's Party Κόμμα των Ελευθεροφρόνων
Historic Leader	Ioannis Metaxas
Founded	November 1922
Dissolved	August 4, 1936
Headquarters	Athens, Greece
Ideology	Metaxism
Political position	Far right
International affiliation	None
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The Freethinkers' Party (Greek: Kόμμα των Ελευθεροφρόνων) was a Greek monarchist fascist party founded led by Ioannis Metaxas who was the Prime Minister and dictator of Greece from 1936 to 1941.^[1] It was formally founded in November 1922 after the adoption of the party's manifesto that was unveiled on October 13, 1922.^[2] 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.^[3]

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
1928	General		5.3	1
1929	Senate		2.73	2
1932	General	18,591	1.59	3
1933	General		1.6	3
1936	General		3.9	7

References

^ 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.