ORJUNA
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ORJUNA, the Organizacija Jugoslavenskih Nacionalista/Organization of Yugoslav Nationalists, was a political organization during the 1920s in Yugoslavia. It was created in 1921 in Split from a fusion of pre-war youth organizations and was originally called Jugoslavenska Napredna Nacionalistička Omadina/Yugoslav Progressive Nationalist Youth. The first president was Marko Nani and first secretary was Edo Bulat. The first actions organized by JNNO were demonstrations against communists because of the communist assassination of the Minister of Interior Milorad Drašković. JNNO organized demonstrations in Split, Zagreb and Osijek. In Zagreb some JNNO members even (?demolished) redactions of papers that blamed the government for assassination.
Till 1922 people of all age groups started to join the organization, which changed its name in May 1922 to ORJUNA. ORJUNA's main political goal was maintaining a unitary Yugoslav state. They were against separatism, communism and Italian irredentism. They very often clashed with their political opponents - Croatian nationalists and communists and also with Italian Arditi's and Italian border patrols. ORJUNA never participated directly in elections but its supporters voted for Yugoslav oriented parties. In 1929, when the King proclaimed his personal dictatorship and disbanded the parliament, ORJUNA supported the King's action, but because the King outlawed all political parties and organizations ORJUNA ceased to exist.
