United Party (South Africa)

United Party
Verenigde Party (Afrikaans)
AbbreviationUP
LeaderJ.B.M. Hertzog
J.C. Smuts
J.G.N. Strauss
De Villiers Graaff
Founded1934
Dissolved1977
Preceded byNational Party
South African Party
Merged intoNew Republic Party
IdeologyClassical liberalism[1]
Conservatism
Pro-Commonwealth
Constitutional monarchism
Coloured people's rights
Political positionCentre-right
Jan Smuts, the last United Party Prime Minister (1919–1924, 1939–1948)

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

  1. ^ "United Party". 4 October 2019.