NP

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

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

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 1994 South African general election
mergedInto African National Congress
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 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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