Democratic Party (South Africa)

E184826

liberal party political party

The Democratic Party (South Africa) was a liberal opposition party during the late apartheid and early post-apartheid era that later became a core component of the Democratic Alliance.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Democratic Alliance	15
Democratic Party (South Africa) canonical	9
Independent Party (South Africa)	2
Democratic Alliance (South Africa)	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	liberal party ⓘ political party ⓘ
abbreviation	DP ⓘ
activeDuring	early post-apartheid era ⓘ late apartheid era ⓘ
color	blue ⓘ
coreComponentOf	Democratic Party (South Africa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Democratic Alliance
country	South Africa ⓘ
dissolved	2000 ⓘ
focus	civil liberties ⓘ good governance ⓘ minority rights ⓘ
foundedBy	Democratic Party (South Africa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Independent Party (South Africa) National Democratic Movement ⓘ Progressive Federal Party ⓘ
hasPredecessor	Democratic Party (South Africa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Independent Party (South Africa) National Democratic Movement ⓘ Progressive Federal Party ⓘ
ideology	liberalism ⓘ
inception	1989 ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
mergedInto	Democratic Party (South Africa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Democratic Alliance
notableLeader	Denis Worrall ⓘ Tony Leon ⓘ Zach de Beer ⓘ
operatedInSystem	multi-party parliamentary system ⓘ
opposed	National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
oppositionTo	apartheid ⓘ
participatedIn	1994 South African general election ⓘ 1999 South African general election ⓘ
partOf	Democratic Party (South Africa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Democratic Alliance
politicalPosition	centre ⓘ centre-right ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
representedIn	Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
role	parliamentary opposition party ⓘ
status	defunct political party ⓘ
succeededBy	Democratic Party (South Africa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Democratic Alliance
supported	constitutional democracy ⓘ human rights ⓘ market-oriented economic policies ⓘ rule of law ⓘ

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Instruction

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Input

Subject: Democratic Party (South Africa)
Description of subject: The Democratic Party (South Africa) was a liberal opposition party during the late apartheid and early post-apartheid era that later became a core component of the Democratic Alliance.

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of National Unity (South Africa) → excludedMajorParty → Democratic Party (South Africa) ⓘ

South African general election, 1989 → mainOppositionParty → Democratic Party (South Africa) ⓘ

South African general elections → primaryPoliticalParties → Democratic Party (South Africa) ⓘ