The Yugoslav Radical Union ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенска радикална заједница; ; ; abbreviated JRZ) was the ruling

far-right Far-right politics, often termed right-wing extremism, encompasses a range of ideologies that are marked by ultraconservatism, authoritarianism, ultranationalism, and nativism. This political spectrum situates itself on the far end of the ...

party of Yugoslavia from 1934 until 1939. The party, whose agenda was based on

fascism Fascism ( ) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement. It is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hie ...

, was the dominant political movement in the country until 1939, when

Milan Stojadinović Milan Stojadinović ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Стојадиновић; 4 August 1888 – 26 October 1961) was a Serbs, Serbian and Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav politician and economist who was the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 1935 to 1939. ...

was removed as prime minister. Payne (1996), p. 325 Party members wore green shirt uniforms and ''

šajkača The ''šajkača'' (, ) is the Serbian national hat or cap. Traditionally worn by men in the Serbian countryside, it is named after Serb river troops known as '' šajkaši''. A popular national symbol in Serbia since the beginning of the 20th cen ...

'' caps, and they addressed Stojadinović as ''Vođa'' 'Leader'. The party also had a paramilitary wing called the Greenshirts, who assaulted and clashed with those who were against Stojadinović's rule. Stojadinović told Italian foreign minister

Galeazzo Ciano Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari ( , ; 18 March 1903 – 11 January 1944), was an Italian diplomat and politician who served as Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Minister in the government of his father-in-law ...

that, although the party had initially been established as a moderate authoritarian movement, his intention was to model the party after the Italian

National Fascist Party The National Fascist Party (, PNF) was a political party in Italy, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of Italian fascism and as a reorganisation of the previous Italian Fasces of Combat. The party ruled the Kingdom of It ...

. Milan Stojadinović led the party until 1939 when his second cabinet collapsed due to his pro-Axis policy. He was replaced by

Dragiša Cvetković Dragiša Cvetković ( sr-cyr, Драгиша Цветковић; 15 January 1893 – 18 February 1969) was a Yugoslav politician active in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He served as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1939 to 1941 ...

as prime minister and de jure party leader. The party practically ceased to exist with the formation of the Cvetković–Maček government in 1939, although JRZ was not formally abolished or dissolved.

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