National Union (Portugal)
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The National Union (Portuguese: União Nacional[1]) was the only legal political party in Portugal for most[2] of the period of the Estado Novo, a right-wing dictatorship dominated by António de Oliveira Salazar.
The organization was founded in 1930 during the National Dictatorship period of 1928-33. Officially it was not a political party, but an "organisation of unity of all the Portuguese". The party won all seats in Portuguese National Assembly elections from 1934 to 1973. In 1970 – two years after Salazar had been replaced as leader by Marcello Caetano – the name of the party was changed to Acção Nacional Popular (People's National Action).
In 1974, after the Carnation Revolution restored democracy in Portugal, the party was disbanded as a Fascist organization.[3]
[edit] See also
- Mocidade Portuguesa, the Estado Novo's youth organization
- Portuguese Legion, the Estado Novo's paramilitary organization
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ pronounced [uniˈɐ̃w̃ nɐsjuˈnaɫ]
- ^ The opposition Movement of Democratic Unity was legal in 1945-48.
- ^ The relevant decree-law was n.º 172/74, April 25, 1974.
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