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	Metaxism; Greek nationalism; National conservatism; Fascism; Agrarianism; Monarchism
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.^[5] It was formally founded in November 1922 after the adoption of the party's manifesto that was unveiled on 13 October 1922.^[6] 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.^[7]

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).
^ "fascism". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
^ "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.

[1] Ioannis Metaxas, Ιωάννης Μεταξάς. ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ ΜΕΤΑΞΑΣ, ΤΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΟΝ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΜΜΑΤΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΦΡΟΝΩΝ "ΝΕΑ ΗΕΡΑ" 13 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ 1922 (PDF).

[fascism-2] "fascism". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 20 April 2025.

[3] "25 new pictures from the 4th of August State | Metaxas Project". Metaxas Project. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

[4] "Photograph". Metaxas Project.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[7] 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.

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Ioannis Metaxas
Family	Metaxas family
Politics	Metaxism () Ethnic nationalism National populism Protectionism Corporatism Anticommunism Anti-imperialism (Greco–Turkish alliance) Third Hellenic Civilization Demotic Greek
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Establishments	Epistratoi EON Social Insurance Institute Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation Greek civil code National parks of Greece
Remembrance	Metaxas Line Ohi Day

Greek nationalism
Ideology	Modern Greek Enlightenment Megali Idea Hellenization Grecoman Venizelism Metaxism Enosis Greek Cypriot nationalism
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People	Adamantios Korais Rigas Feraios Alexander Ypsilantis Ioannis Kapodistrias Athanasios Diakos Theodoros Kolokotronis Dionysios Solomos Constantine Paparrigopoulos Aristotelis Valaoritis Alexandros Koumoundouros Theodoros Diligiannis Kostis Palamas Pavlos Melas Ion Dragoumis Eleftherios Venizelos Nikolaos Plastiras Ioannis Metaxas Angelos Sikelianos Alexandros Papagos Napoleon Zervas Georgios Grivas Georgios Papadopoulos Dimitrios Ioannidis Antonis Samaras
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Policies	Aromanian question Geographical name changes Greek language question

Monarchism in Greece
Ideology	Tradition Christianity Family values Metaxism Antiliberalism
Organizations	Epistratoi National Youth Organisation Organization X
Political Parties	Napist Party English Party Nationalist Party People's Party United Opposition (Greece) Union of Royalists Politically Independent Alignment Greek Rally Union of Populars Popular Social Party National Alignment National Hope
People	Dimitrios Gounaris Viktor Dousmanis Ioannis Metaxas Panagis Tsaldaris Alexandros Papagos Konstantinos Tsaldaris Georgios Grivas Perikles Ioannidis 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 Iouliana King's counter-coup (1967)
Policies	Greek language question Social order

Conservatism in Greece
Ideology	Tradition Family values Private property Statism Social market economy Metaxism Monarchism (historically)
Organizations	Panhellenic Liberation Organization
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People	Ioannis Kapodistrias Alexandros Koumoundouros Stefanos Dragoumis Dimitrios Gounaris Dimitrios Rallis Petros Protopapadakis Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos Panagis Tsaldaris Ioannis Metaxas Alexandros Papagos Konstantinos Tsaldaris Lina Tsaldari Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Helen Vlachos Stefanos Stefanopoulos Odysseas Elytis Georgios Rallis Konstantinos Tsatsos Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Evangelos Averoff Konstantinos Karamanlis Antonis Samaras
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