ORJUNA
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Organization of Yugoslav Nationalists
Organizacija Jugoslavenskih Nacionalista Организација Југославенских Националиста |
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| Historic Leader |
Ljubo Leontić Niko Bartulović |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Dissolved | 1929 |
| Headquarters | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Youth wing | Mladi Jugoslavije |
| Paramilitary wing | Akcija Odjeljak |
| Ideology | Nationalism (Yugoslav) |
| Political position | Far right |
| Colors | Blue, White, Red (Yugoslav tricolour); Brown |
The Organization of Yugoslav Nationalists (Organizacija Jugoslavenskih Nacionalista, ORJUNA; Организација Југославенских Националиста, ОРЈУНА), was a political organization in Yugoslavia that existed from 1921 to 1929. It supported Yugoslav nationalism, promoted the creation of a corporatist state, and attacked communism, democracy, Jews, separatists, Croatian nationalists, and Serbian nationalists. Its leader was Milan Pribićević. It is believed to have been influenced by fascism.
ORJUNA was founded in March 1921 in Split by the royal administrator of Croatia and funded by the provincial government to secure Yugoslavia from threats posed by communists, separatists, and other persons deemed threatening to the state. The first president was Marko Nani and the first secretary 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, JNNO members even demolished offices of newspapers that blamed the government for assassination.
It was particularly influential in areas of Slovenia and Croatia that were of interest to Italian and Austrian irredentism as well as in areas where ethnic minorities where viewed to be powerful or separatist, such as Hungarians in Vojvodina. The membership of the movement was ethnically mixed of the various Yugoslav nationalities. However most of its members were Croats from Dalmatia. It ran its own newspapers, had an academic club, a labour organization, a high school students wing "Young Yugoslavia", and a paramilitary organization, the Action Section.
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