Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The New National Party (NNP) was a South African conservative political party formed in 1997 when the National Party pulled out of the Government of National Unity with the African National Congress and decided to change its name in the process. The name change was an attempt to distance itself from its apartheid past, and reinvent itself as a moderate, non-racial federal party. The attempt was largely unsuccessful and the New National Party voted to disband itself in 2005.Its first leader was former president of South Africa F. W. de Klerk, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize along with Nelson Mandela, for his role in dismantling apartheid. De Klerk was succeeded by Marthinus van Schalkwyk until the eventual disbanding and merger with the African National Congress.The New National Party had some difficulty carving out a political base in post-apartheid South Africa. On the one hand, the NNP still had the legacy of its role under apartheid. On the other hand, it seemed uncertain about its relationship with the government under the African National Congress and seemed unable to decide whether it was in a political alliance with the ANC or in opposition. These two issues led to defections to the Democratic Party which had a historical legacy of being anti-apartheid and was clearly an opposition party to the ANC.The 1999 South African general election saw the party losing much of its support as well as its status as official opposition nationally and in most provinces. It remained influential however in the Western Cape despite being pushed into second place there by the African National Congress. One big aim of the party remained; to regain its position as the dominant in the Western Cape. The NNP was also part of a short-lived alliance with the Democratic Party for which purpose the Democratic Party changed its name into Democratic Alliance. After leaving the alliance, the NNP allied itself with the ruling ANC.. }
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- New_National_Party_(South_Africa) abstract "The New National Party (NNP) was a South African conservative political party formed in 1997 when the National Party pulled out of the Government of National Unity with the African National Congress and decided to change its name in the process. The name change was an attempt to distance itself from its apartheid past, and reinvent itself as a moderate, non-racial federal party. The attempt was largely unsuccessful and the New National Party voted to disband itself in 2005.Its first leader was former president of South Africa F. W. de Klerk, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize along with Nelson Mandela, for his role in dismantling apartheid. De Klerk was succeeded by Marthinus van Schalkwyk until the eventual disbanding and merger with the African National Congress.The New National Party had some difficulty carving out a political base in post-apartheid South Africa. On the one hand, the NNP still had the legacy of its role under apartheid. On the other hand, it seemed uncertain about its relationship with the government under the African National Congress and seemed unable to decide whether it was in a political alliance with the ANC or in opposition. These two issues led to defections to the Democratic Party which had a historical legacy of being anti-apartheid and was clearly an opposition party to the ANC.The 1999 South African general election saw the party losing much of its support as well as its status as official opposition nationally and in most provinces. It remained influential however in the Western Cape despite being pushed into second place there by the African National Congress. One big aim of the party remained; to regain its position as the dominant in the Western Cape. The NNP was also part of a short-lived alliance with the Democratic Party for which purpose the Democratic Party changed its name into Democratic Alliance. After leaving the alliance, the NNP allied itself with the ruling ANC.".