National Union

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National Union was the sole legal political party that supported António de Oliveira Salazar’s Estado Novo authoritarian regime in mid-20th-century Portugal.

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Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf political party
single-party
associatedWith Catholic traditionalism
Portuguese nationalism
country Portugal
countryContext Portuguese dictatorship
governedUnder Estado Novo constitution
ideology authoritarianism
conservatism
corporatism
language Portuguese
leader António de Oliveira Salazar
legalStatus sole legal political party
operatedDuringCentury 20th century
operatedDuringPeriod mid-20th century
opposedTo communism
liberal democracy
socialism
politicalPosition right-wing
politicalSystemContext one-party system
politicalSystemRole regime-support party
regimeTypeSupported authoritarian regime
region Southern Europe
role instrument of regime control
scope national
soleLegalParty true
statePartyOf Estado Novo
supportedBy Estado Novo government
supportedLeader António de Oliveira Salazar
supportedRegime Estado Novo

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Marcelo Caetano
memberOfPoliticalParty
Estado Novo (Portugal) ("National Union (Portugal)")
rulingParty

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