United Party (South Africa)

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United Party Verenigde Party (Afrikaans)
Abbreviation	UP
Leader	J.B.M. Hertzog J.C. Smuts J.G.N. Strauss De Villiers Graaff
Founded	1934
Dissolved	1977
Preceded by	National Party South African Party
Merged into	New Republic Party
Ideology	Classical Liberalism[1] Conservatism Pro-Commonwealth Constitutional monarchism Coloured people's rights
Political position	Centre-right
Politics of South Africa Political parties Elections

The United Party was a political party in South Africa. It was the country's ruling political party between 1934 and 1948.