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| Na·tion·al Par·ty |
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former South African political party: in South Africa until 1998, a conservative political party that developed from the Afrikaner nationalist movement, came to power in 1948, was largely responsible for instituting apartheid, and relinquished power in 1994. In 1998 it changed its name to the New National Party.
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