National Socialist Movement of Chile
National Socialist Movement of Chile Movimiento Nacional Socialista de Chile | |
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| Leader | Jorge González von Marées |
| Founded | April 5, 1932 |
| Dissolved | January 1938 |
| Preceded by | Nationalist Action of Chile |
| Succeeded by | Popular Socialist Vanguard |
| Student wing | Grupo Nacista Universitario |
| Youth wing | Juventud Nacista |
| Women's wing | Brigadas Femeninas |
| Paramilitary wing | Tropas Nacistas de Asalto |
| Membership | approx. 22,000 (1939 est.) |
| Ideology | Chilean ultra-nationalism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Electoral alliance | Popular Freedom Alliance |
| Anthem | Chilenos a la Acción ⓘ |
| Flag of the Patria Vieja | |
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The National Socialist Movement of Chile (MNS or MNSCh), also called the Nacista Party, was a political party in Chile with National Socialist and fascist influence that existed from 1932 to 1939. It was founded on 5 April 1932 by the lawyer Jorge González von Marées (its spokesman), the sociologist and economist Carlos Keller (its principal ideologue), and the retired officer Francisco Javier Díaz Valderrama.
In the 1937 parliamentary elections it won three deputies. In 1938 the MNS, together with other groups, formed the Alianza Popular Libertadora (APL) and supported the candidacy of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. In early 1939 the MNS was reorganized and shifted leftward, adopting the name Vanguardia Popular Socialista (VPS).
Note on dates: some summary formats use 1938 to mark the post–Seguro Obrero collapse of the movement’s effective political role, while other accounts describe a formal reorganization and name change in early 1939.