Freethinkers' Party

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{{Infobox political party

| colorcode = {{party color|Freethinkers' Party}}

| name = Freethinker's Party

| native_name = Κόμμα των Ελευθεροφρόνων

| logo = 140px

| leader = Ioannis Metaxas

| foundation = November 1922

| dissolution = 4 August 1936

| headquarters = Athens

| newspaper = Nea Imera

| split = People's Party

| ideology = {{nowrap|Metaxism{{cite book|url=http://www.ioannismetaxas.gr/Komma%20Eleftherofronon.pdf |title=ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ ΜΕΤΑΞΑΣ, ΤΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΟΝ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΜΜΑΤΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΦΡΟΝΩΝ "ΝΕΑ ΗΕΡΑ" 13 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ 1922 |author=Ioannis Metaxas, Ιωάννης Μεταξάς}}
Greek nationalism
National conservatism
Fascism{{cite web |title=fascism |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=2025-04-20}}
Agrarianism
Monarchism

}}

| position = Far-right

| religion = Greek Orthodox

| international =

| colours = Black, white, blue

| flag = File:Flag of Freethinkers' Party.svg
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| country = Greece

}}

The Freethinkers' Party or Free Opinion Party ({{Langx|el|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.{{Cite book |last1=Davies |first1=Peter |title=The Routledge companion to fascism and the far right |last2=Lynch |first2=Derek |date=2002 |publisher=Routledge |lccn=2002028462|oclc=50129385|isbn=978-0-415-21494-0 |edition=1. publ |series=Routledge companions |location=London, England, UK; New York, New York, USA|page=276}} It was formally founded in November 1922 after the adoption of the party's manifesto that was unveiled on 13 October 1922.{{Cite book |title=The Metaxas myth: dictatorship and propaganda in Greece |series=Tauris academic studies |date=2006 |place=London and New York |isbn=9781845110376 |first=Marina |last=Petrakis|page=18|publisher= I. B. Taurus}} 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.{{Cite book |title=Balkan strongmen: dictators and authoritarian rulers of South Eastern Europe |date=2007 |publisher=Purdue University Press |isbn=978-1-55753-455-2 |editor-last=Fischer |editor-first=Bernd Jürgen |series=Central European Studies |location=West Lafayette, Indiana}}

The first programmatic declaration of the party was published in the daily Nea Imera on 13 October 1922.

Election results

=General elections=

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!Election

!Votes

!%

!Seats

1926

|151,660

|15.78

|{{Composition bar|52|286|{{party color|Freethinkers' Party}}}}

1928

|53,958

|5.3

|{{Composition bar|1|250|{{party color|Freethinkers' Party}}}}

1932

|18,591

|1.59

|{{Composition bar|3|254|{{party color|Freethinkers' Party}}}}

1933

|25,758

|2.3

|{{Composition bar|6|248|{{party color|Freethinkers' Party}}}}

1936

|50,137

|3.9

|{{Composition bar|7|300|{{party color|Freethinkers' Party}}}}

=Senate elections=

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!Election

!Votes

!%

!Seats

1929

|22,518

|2.73

|{{Composition bar|2|92|{{party color|Freethinkers' Party}}}}

References