União Nacional
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União Nacional was the sole legal political party of Portugal’s Estado Novo authoritarian regime under António de Oliveira Salazar.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| União Nacional canonical | 4 |
| Acção Nacional Popular | 2 |
| Acção Nacional Popular (Portugal) | 1 |
| National Union (Portugal) | 1 |
| União Nacional (Portugal) | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Estado Novo institution
ⓘ
political party ⓘ single-party ⓘ |
| allowedIndependentCandidates | restricted ⓘ |
| bannedOppositionParties | true ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Salazar regime
ⓘ
surface form:
Salazar government
|
| country | Portugal ⓘ |
| electoralCompetition | non-competitive ⓘ |
| foundedBy | António de Oliveira Salazar ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Lisbon ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | central pillar of Salazar’s dictatorship in Portugal ⓘ |
| ideology |
authoritarianism
ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ corporatism ⓘ nationalism ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | interwar authoritarian movements ⓘ |
| leader | António de Oliveira Salazar ⓘ |
| legalStatus | sole legal party ⓘ |
| mediaControl | benefited from state censorship ⓘ |
| operatedIn | Portuguese First Republic successor regime ⓘ |
| opposedIdeologies |
communism
ⓘ
liberal democracy ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | right-wing ⓘ |
| politicalSystemContext | authoritarian single-party system ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
legitimization of Estado Novo regime
ⓘ
mobilization of regime supporters ⓘ |
| promoted |
Catholic social principles
ⓘ
Portuguese nationalism ⓘ corporate representation instead of party pluralism ⓘ |
| regime |
Estado Novo regime
ⓘ
surface form:
Estado Novo
|
| relationshipToState | subordinate to executive power ⓘ |
| restrictedMembership | politically vetted ⓘ |
| role |
electoral vehicle for Estado Novo
ⓘ
support apparatus for Estado Novo ⓘ |
| selectionOfCandidates | controlled by regime ⓘ |
| supportedHeadOfGovernment | António de Oliveira Salazar ⓘ |
| supportedHeadOfState | Portuguese President under Estado Novo ⓘ |
| suppressedPoliticalPluralism | true ⓘ |
| typeOfSystem | mass-party without internal democracy ⓘ |
| usedIn | parliamentary elections in Estado Novo ⓘ |
| womenWing | Obra das Mães pela Educação Nacional ⓘ |
| youthWing | Mocidade Portuguesa ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Acção Nacional Popular
this entity surface form:
Acção Nacional Popular
this entity surface form:
União Nacional (Portugal)
this entity surface form:
Acção Nacional Popular (Portugal)
subject surface form:
New State (Portugal)
this entity surface form:
National Union (Portugal)