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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
4th of August Regime 5
Metaxas Regime canonical 2
Ioannis Metaxas regime 1

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Statements (49)

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 Greco-Italian War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
countryLeaderTitle Prime Minister of Greece ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1936-08-04 ⓘ
1940-10-28 ⓘ
endCause 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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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Communist Party of Greece → bannedDuring → Metaxas Regime ⓘ
Greek government-in-exile → replaces → Metaxas Regime ⓘ
Metaxas Line → builtByGovernmentOf → Ioannis Metaxas regime ⓘ
linked to: Metaxas Regime
Ioannis Metaxas → notableWork → 4th of August Regime ⓘ
linked to: Metaxas Regime
Ioannis Metaxas → founded → 4th of August Regime ⓘ
linked to: Metaxas Regime
National Youth Organization of Greece (EON) → foundedBy → 4th of August Regime ⓘ
linked to: Metaxas Regime
National Youth Organization of Greece (EON) → parentOrganization → 4th of August Regime ⓘ
linked to: Metaxas Regime
National Youth Organization of Greece (EON) → politicalContext → 4th of August Regime ⓘ
linked to: Metaxas Regime
The Travelling Players → depictsEvent → Metaxas dictatorship ⓘ
linked to: Metaxas Regime