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{{Evil Organization | {{Evil Organization | ||
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| | |Image = Flag of the South African National Party (1936–1993).svg | ||
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|fullname = National Party | |fullname = National Party | ||
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|dissolution = 1997 | |dissolution = 1997 | ||
|headquarters = Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa | |headquarters = Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa | ||
|commanders = [[Daniel François Malan]] ( | |commanders = [[Daniel François Malan]] (1914 - 1953)<br>[[Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom]] (1953 - 1958)<br>[[Hendrik Verwoerd]] (1958 - 1966)<br>[[John Vorster]] (1966 - 1978)<br>[[P. W. Botha]] (1978 - 1989)<br>F. W. de Klerk (1989 - 1994) | ||
|agents = | |agents = | ||
|skills = | |skills = | ||
|goals = Maintain the rule of Apartheid (successful until 1994) | |goals = Maintain the rule of Apartheid (successful until 1994) | ||
|crimes = Institutionalized oppression<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>Segregation<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Torture]] | |crimes = Institutionalized oppression<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>Segregation<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Islamophobia]] | ||
|type of villains = Xenophobic Oppressors | |type of villains = Xenophobic Oppressors | ||
}}{{Quote|I am tired of constantly hearing how guilty the Afrikaner and the National Party are and the time has come that this myth be crushed.|[[P.W Botha]]}} | |type of villain=Xenophobic Oppressors}}{{Quote|I am tired of constantly hearing how guilty the Afrikaner and the National Party are and the time has come that this myth be crushed.|[[P.W Botha]]}} | ||
The '''National Party''' (Afrikaans: ''Nasionale Party''), also known as the '''Nationalist Party''', was a political party in South Africa founded in 1914 and disbanded in 1997. The party was originally an Afrikaner ethnic nationalist party that promoted Afrikaner interests in South Africa. | The '''National Party''' (Afrikaans: ''Nasionale Party''), also known as the '''Nationalist Party''', was a political party in South Africa founded in 1914 and disbanded in 1997. The party was originally an Afrikaner ethnic nationalist party that promoted Afrikaner interests in South Africa. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The National Party first became the governing party of the country in 1924. It was an opposition party during [[World War II]] but it returned to power and was again in the government from 4 June 1948 until 9 May 1994. | The National Party first became the governing party of the country in 1924. It was an opposition party during [[World War II]] but it returned to power and was again in the government from 4 June 1948 until 9 May 1994. | ||
Beginning in 1948 the party as the governing party of South Africa began implementing its policy of racial segregation, known as [[Apartheid]] (the Afrikaans term for "separateness"). Although White-minority rule and racial segregation based on [[White supremacy]] were already in existence in South Africa with non-Whites not having voting rights and efforts made to encourage segregation, apartheid intensified the segregation with stern penalties for non-Whites entering into areas designated for Whites-only without having a pass to permit them to do so (known as the pass laws), interracial marriage and sexual relationships were illegal and punishable offences, and blacks faced significant restrictions on property rights. | Beginning in 1948 the party as the governing party of South Africa began implementing its policy of racial segregation, known as [[Apartheid]] (the Afrikaans term for "separateness"). Although White-minority rule and racial segregation based on [[White Power Movement|white supremacy]] were already in existence in South Africa with non-Whites not having voting rights and efforts made to encourage segregation, apartheid intensified the segregation with stern penalties for non-Whites entering into areas designated for Whites-only without having a pass to permit them to do so (known as the pass laws), interracial marriage and sexual relationships were illegal and punishable offences, and blacks faced significant restrictions on property rights. | ||
Upon South Africa being condemned in the British Commonwealth for its policies of apartheid, the NP-led government had South Africa leave the Commonwealth, abandon its monarchy led by the British monarch and become an independent republic. | Upon South Africa being condemned in the British Commonwealth for its policies of apartheid, the NP-led government had South Africa leave the Commonwealth, abandon its monarchy led by the British monarch and become an independent republic. | ||
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