Yugoslav Radical Union

Yugoslav Radical Union
Jugoslovenska Radikalna Zajednica
Југословенска радикална Заједница
Historic Leader Milan Stojadinović
Founded 1934
Dissolved 1939
Headquarters Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Ideology Fascism (Yugoslav)
Political position Far right
International affiliation None
Official colors Green (colour of the party's uniforms)
Politics of Yugoslavia
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The Yugoslav Radical Union was a political party founded by Yugoslav Prime Minister Milan Stojadinović in 1935 as the ruling party of Yugoslavia that sponsored authoritarian mass mobilization and its agenda was based upon fascism, it was the dominant political movement in the country until 1939, when Stojadinović was removed as Prime Minister.[1] Party members wore green shirt uniforms and addressed Stojadinović as Vodja ("Leader").[2] Stojadinovic told Italian foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano that although the party was initially a moderate authoritarian movement, that he intended to develop the party to developed based on the model of Italian Fascism.[3]

References

  1. ^ Payne, Stanley G. 1996. A History of Fascism, 1914–1945. Madison, Wisconsin, USA: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 325.
  2. ^ Payne, Stanley G. 1996. A History of Fascism, 1914–1945. Madison, Wisconsin, USA: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 325.
  3. ^ Payne, Stanley G. 1996. A History of Fascism, 1914–1945. Madison, Wisconsin, USA: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 325.
Political parties in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1943)