6 January Dictatorship
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The 6 January Dictatorship was an authoritarian regime established in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929, when King Alexander I abolished the constitution, dissolved parliament, and centralized power under royal rule.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
authoritarian regime
ⓘ
political regime ⓘ |
| abolishedInstitution |
National Assembly of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vidovdan Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
6 January regime
ⓘ
Šestojanuarska diktatura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
repression of political opposition
ⓘ
strengthening of royal prerogatives ⓘ suspension of democratic institutions ⓘ |
| constitutionalStatus |
constitution suspended
ⓘ
parliament dissolved ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Yugoslavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1931-09-03 ⓘ |
| endedBy | promulgation of 1931 Yugoslav Constitution ⓘ |
| followedBy | 1931 Yugoslav Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | royal dictatorship ⓘ |
| headOfState | Alexander I of Yugoslavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | aftermath of World War I and creation of Yugoslav state ⓘ |
| ideology |
Yugoslav integral nationalism
ⓘ
monarchism ⓘ |
| introducedPolicy |
administrative centralization
ⓘ
ban on political parties ⓘ censorship of the press ⓘ suppression of regional autonomies ⓘ |
| languageOfGovernment | Serbo-Croatian ⓘ |
| leader | Alexander I of Yugoslavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy | deepened national tensions within Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| legalInstrument | royal proclamation of 6 January 1929 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | 6 January 1929 ⓘ |
| officialNameOfState | Kingdom of Yugoslavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Communist Party of Yugoslavia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Croatian Peasant Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | one-man rule ⓘ |
| powerStructure | centralized royal authority ⓘ |
| precededBy | Vidovdan Constitution regime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousNameOfState | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinister | Petar Živković NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForEstablishment |
ethnic and political tensions
ⓘ
political instability in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ⓘ |
| region | Balkans ⓘ |
| securityApparatus | Yugoslav gendarmerie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | proclamation by King Alexander I on 6 January 1929 ⓘ |
| significantFigure | Petar Živković NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1929-01-06 ⓘ |
| territorialReform | creation of banovinas ⓘ |
| timePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
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