The national party

Main

National Part Founded

01/01/1914

Rise of Afrikaner Nationalism

01/01/1920 - 01/01/1940

Increase of Afrikaner economic power

01/01/1930 - 01/01/1940

Verwoerd become affairs minister

01/01/1930

D.F.Malan

01/01/1934 - 01/01/1953

Purified Nation Party

01/01/1934

Extremist Afrikaner politicians and intellectuals broke away from the united party, and established the Purified Nation Party under leadership of Daniel F malan.

Reunited National Party

01/01/1948

In 1948, the reunited National Party, representing Afrikaners, won the national election based on ideas of racism and segregation under the slogan of "apartheid"

National Party Renamed

01/01/1951

JG Strijdom

01/01/1953 - 01/01/1958

Hendrik.F.Verwoerd

01/01/1958 - 01/01/1966

South africa left the commonwealth

01/01/1961

Assassination of verwoerd

01/01/1966

accepting the presence of Maori

01/01/1970

accepting the presence of Maori players and spectators during the tour of New Zealand ruby union team in south Africa

Balthazar J Vorster Became Prime minister

01/01/1978 - 01/01/1979

Pieter Willem Botha prime minister

01/01/1984 - 01/01/1989

Frederick Willem de klerk prime minister

01/01/1989 - 01/01/1994