The National Party, also referred to as the Nationalist Party by its opponents, was a political party in South Africa from 1914 to 1997, which was responsible for the implementation of apartheid rule.
D. F. Malan, leader of the NP from 1934 until 1953
J. G. Strijdom, leader of the NP from 1953 until 1958
B. J. Vorster was the prime minister from 1966 to his resignation in 1978 and state president from 1978 to 1979.
F. W. de Klerk shaking hands with ANC leader Nelson Mandela at the World Economic Forum in 1992
J. B. M. Hertzog
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General James Barry Munnik Hertzog, better known as Barry Hertzog or J. B. M. Hertzog, was a South African general and politician. He was a Boer commander during the Second Boer War who served as the
National Party (South Africa)
…founding was rooted in disagreements among South African Party politicians, particularly Prime Minister Louis Botha and his first Minister of Justice, J. B. M. Hertzog. After Hertzog began speaking out publicly against the Botha government's "one-stream" policy in 1912, Botha removed him from the cabinet. Hertzog and…
Hertzog c. 1920
Botha government 1910
Time cover, 27 Apr 1925
The second Hertzog cabinet in 1929.