NP

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abbreviation political party

NP is the abbreviation commonly used for the National Party, the former ruling political party of apartheid-era South Africa.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
National Party 43 0

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abbreviation →
political party →
political party →
country South Africa →
dissolved 2005 →
electoralBase Afrikaner nationalists →
white electorate →
founded 1914 →
governed South Africa →
surface form: Republic of South Africa

Dominion of South Africa →
surface form: Union of South Africa
headquartersLocation Cape Town →
ideology apartheid →
implementedPolicy apartheid system of racial segregation →
inPowerFrom 1948 →
inPowerUntil 1994 →
introduced Bantu Education Act →
Group Areas Act →
Population Registration Act →
Separate Amenities Act →
lastStatePresidentFromParty F. W. de Klerk →
lostPowerIn South African general election, 1994 →
surface form: 1994 South African general election
mergedInto African National Congress →
National Party (South Africa) →
surface form: New National Party
notableLeader B. J. Vorster →
D. F. Malan →
F. W. de Klerk →
Hendrik Verwoerd →
J. G. Strijdom →
P. W. Botha →
officialLanguageUse Afrikaans →
English →
opposedBy African National Congress →
Pan Africanist Congress →
United Democratic Front →
participatedIn negotiations to end apartheid →
policy creation of Bantustans →
racial segregation →
white minority rule →
politicalPosition right-wing →
predecessor South African Party →
renamed National Party (South Africa) →
surface form: New National Party
role ruling party of South Africa →
significantElectionVictory 1948 South African general election →
standsFor National Party →
supportedBy many white Afrikaners →
timePeriod apartheid era of South Africa →

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