National Party (South Africa)

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political party

The National Party (South Africa) was the Afrikaner-dominated political party that instituted and upheld the apartheid system, ruling the country for much of the 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
National Party 9
National Party (South Africa, 1914) 3
New National Party 3

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NP ⓘ
National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
surface form: Nasionale Party
cameToPower 1948 ⓘ
coalitionPartnerWith African National Congress ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
dissolved 1997 ⓘ
ethnicBase Afrikaners ⓘ
founded 1914 ⓘ
foundedBy J. B. M. Hertzog ⓘ
governed South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Republic of South Africa

South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Union of South Africa
headquartersLocation Cape Town ⓘ
heldParliamentaryMajorityFrom 1948 ⓘ
heldParliamentaryMajorityUntil 1994 ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
ideology Afrikaner nationalism ⓘ
Christian nationalism ⓘ
apartheid ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
implementedPolicy Bantu Education Act ⓘ
Group Areas Act ⓘ
Population Registration Act ⓘ
apartheid system ⓘ
pass laws ⓘ
racial segregation laws ⓘ
lostPower 1994 ⓘ
mergedInto National Party (South Africa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: New National Party (South Africa)
notableEvent negotiations to end apartheid ⓘ
notableLeader D. F. Malan ⓘ
F. W. de Klerk ⓘ
Hendrik Verwoerd ⓘ
P. W. Botha ⓘ
officialLanguage Afrikaans ⓘ
opposedBy African National Congress ⓘ
Pan Africanist Congress ⓘ
United Democratic Front ⓘ
participatedIn Government of National Unity (South Africa) ⓘ
National Party (South Africa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: South African general election, 1948

South African general election, 1989 ⓘ
South African general election, 1994 ⓘ
position right-wing ⓘ
predecessor South African Party ⓘ
presidentFrom F. W. de Klerk ⓘ
primeMinisterFrom B. J. Vorster ⓘ
D. F. Malan ⓘ
Hendrik Verwoerd ⓘ
J. G. Strijdom ⓘ
P. W. Botha ⓘ
signed agreements leading to 1994 democratic elections ⓘ
statePresidentFrom B. J. Vorster ⓘ
D. F. Malan ⓘ
F. W. de Klerk ⓘ
Hendrik Verwoerd ⓘ
J. G. Strijdom ⓘ
P. W. Botha ⓘ
successor National Party (South Africa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: New National Party (South Africa)
supportedPolicy separate development ⓘ
white minority rule ⓘ
withdrewFrom Government of National Unity (South Africa) ⓘ
withdrewFromGovernmentYear 1996 ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

National Party (South Africa) → alsoKnownAs → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nasionale Party
Afrikaner nationalism → associatedWith → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
Die Transvaler → associatedWith → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
Wilhelmina Jacoba Neethling → associatedWith → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
Die Transvaler → foundedBy → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
Verwoerd → hasNotableAssociation → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Party government of South Africa
Government of National Unity (South Africa) → includedParty → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Party
this entity surface form: National Party
this entity surface form: National Party
J. B. M. Hertzog → memberOf → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
D. F. Malan → memberOfPoliticalParty → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
D. F. Malan → memberOfPoliticalParty → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Party (Reunited National Party)
Daniel François Malan → memberOfPoliticalParty → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
F. W. de Klerk → memberOfPoliticalParty → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Party
F. W. de Klerk → memberOfPoliticalParty → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: New National Party
Hendrik Verwoerd → memberOfPoliticalParty → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
Verwoerd → memberOfPoliticalParty → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
subject surface form: Hendrik Verwoerd
J. G. Strijdom → memberOfPoliticalParty → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
United Party (South Africa) → mergedFrom → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Party (South Africa, 1914)
NP → mergedInto → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
subject surface form: National Party
this entity surface form: New National Party
National Party (South Africa) → mergedInto → National Party (South Africa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: New National Party (South Africa)
South African Party → opposedBy → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Party
United Party (South Africa) → opposedBy → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Party (South Africa, 1914)
Umkhonto we Sizwe → opposedTo → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Party government of South Africa
National Party (South Africa) → participatedIn → National Party (South Africa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: South African general election, 1948
Die Transvaler → politicalAlignment → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Party
B. J. Vorster → politicalParty → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
P. W. Botha → politicalParty → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Party
Afrikaners → politicalPartyAssociation → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
United Party (South Africa) → precededBy → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Party (South Africa, 1914)
NP → renamed → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
subject surface form: National Party
this entity surface form: New National Party
South African general election, 1994 → secondPlaceParty → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
South African Party → succeededBy → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Party
National Party (South Africa) → successor → National Party (South Africa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: New National Party (South Africa)
South African general election, 1989 → wonBy → National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Party