Union of Royalists

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Union of Royalists
Ένωσις Βασιλοφρόνων
Founder Ioannis Metaxas
Founded 1935
Dissolved 1936
Ideology Monarchism
Nationalism
Political position Far-right

The Union of Royalists (Greek : Ένωσις Βασιλοφρόνων) was a coalition of far-right Greek political parties for the elections of 1935.

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