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
P. W. Botha
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Pieter Willem Botha, was a South African politician who served as the last Prime Minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and as the first executive State President of South Africa from 1984 until h
National Party (South Africa)
…ownership, and the right to form trade unions. Following escalating economic sanctions over apartheid, negotiations between the NP-led government led by P. W. Botha and the outlawed ANC led by then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela began in 1987 with Botha seeking to accommodate the ANC's demands and consider releasing…
Botha in 1962
Botha inspects the guard of honour with General Constand Viljoen in 1984.
Botha and his wife Elize greeting South African children in 1989.
Apartheid signs trainstation