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Also Known As New National Party • Nuwe Nasionale Party • Re-united National Party • People’s Party • Afrikaans Nasionale Party van Suid-Afrika • NP • Volksparty • Herenigde Nasionale Party • NNP • National Party of South Africa
Date 1914 - present
Areas Of Involvement white supremacy • apartheid
Related People J.B.M. Hertzog • Christiaan Rudolf de Wet • Daniel F. Malan • John Vorster • F.W. de Klerk • P. W. Botha • Hendrik Verwoerd • Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom • Dawie de Villiers • Marais Viljoen • Andries Treurnicht

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