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Events on Tuesday 4 August 1936 1
1936Metaxas establishes dictatorship in GreeceThe 4th of August Regime beginsWith the backing of King George II, Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas suspended parliament and key articles of the constitution. His authoritarian 4th of August Regime banned political parties and censored the press. It lasted until his death in 1941.