Metaxas Regime

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The Metaxas Regime was an authoritarian, quasi-fascist dictatorship that ruled Greece from 1936 to 1941 under Ioannis Metaxas, marked by political repression, censorship, and the suppression of opposition parties.

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Metaxas Regime canonical 2
Ioannis Metaxas regime 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf authoritarian regime
dictatorship
historical government
basedOn monarchism
causeOfEstablishment fear of communism
political instability in Greece
characteristic censorship
personality cult of Ioannis Metaxas
political repression
secret police activity
suppression of opposition parties
youth indoctrination
conflict Italian invasion of Greece
surface form: Greco-Italian War

World War II
country Kingdom of Greece
countryLeaderTitle Prime Minister of Greece
dateOfEvent 1936-08-04
1940-10-28
endCause Italian invasion of Greece
surface form: Axis invasion of Greece

death of Ioannis Metaxas
endTime 1941
establishedBy Ioannis Metaxas
King George II of Greece
followedBy Axis occupation of Greece
governmentType authoritarian dictatorship
headOfGovernment Ioannis Metaxas
headOfState King George II of Greece
ideology Greek nationalism
anti-communism
authoritarianism
corporatism
quasi-fascism
leader Ioannis Metaxas
methodOfEstablishment royal decree
suspension of parliament
officialLanguage Greek
policy abolition of parliamentary democracy
banning of political parties
censorship of the press
corporatist economic measures
persecution of communists
promotion of traditional Greek culture
politicalPosition far-right
precededBy Second Hellenic Republic
significantEvent 4th of August 1936 coup
rejection of Italian ultimatum (Ohi Day)
slogan Third Hellenic Civilization
startTime 1936
youthOrganization National Youth Organization of Greece (EON)

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Communist Party of Greece bannedDuring Metaxas Regime
Greek government-in-exile replaces Metaxas Regime
Metaxas Line builtByGovernmentOf Metaxas Regime
this entity surface form: Ioannis Metaxas regime