Vryheidsfront Plus
| Vryheidsfront Plus | |
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| Party leader | Pieter Groenewald |
| Secretary General | Col Piet Uys |
| founding | 1994 (as Vryheidsfront) 2003 (as Vryheidsfront Plus) |
| Headquarters |
Centurion , Gauteng , South Africa |
| Youth organization | VF + -Young |
| Alignment |
Afrikaner nationalism , conservatism , Christian democracy , economic liberalism , Volksstaat |
| Colours) | Orange, green |
| National Assembly |
10/400 |
| National Council of Provinces |
3/90 |
| Provincial Legislature |
11/430 |
| International connections | Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization |
| Website | www.vfplus.org.za |
The Vryheidsfront Plus (German: "Freiheitsfront Plus"; English name : Freedom Front Plus (FF +) ; VF + for short ) is a decidedly conservative South African party whose aim is to represent the interests of the Boers . She supports the creation of a people's state .
The Vryheidsfront Plus is also the official representation of the Afrikaaner at the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization .
history
Vryheid Front
Originally founded as Vryheidsfront on March 1, 1994, the party received 2.2 percent of all votes in the 1994 general election, led by General Constand Viljoen ; in the 1999 election their result fell to 0.8 percent.
Vryheidsfront Plus
In 2003, shortly before the 2004 election , the Konserwatiewe Party , the Afrikaner Eenheids Moving and the Vryheidsfront decided to run together under the name Vryheidsfront Plus . Since 2004 the party has four seats in the South African parliament. Pieter Mulder was Vice Minister for Agriculture and Forestry in the Zuma I cabinet . In the state-wide local elections in 2016 , the VF + 0.76% of the vote. In the elections in South Africa 2019 , the Vryheidsfront Plus achieved its best election result at national level with 2.4% and ten seats. Since then she has also been represented in all South African provincial assemblies except in KwaZulu-Natal .
Chairperson
| Chairman | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constand Viljoen | March 1, 1994 | June 26, 2001 | |
| Pieter Mulder | June 26, 2001 | November 12, 2016 | |
| Pieter Groenewald | November 12, 2016 | ||
Election results
| year | choice | Share of votes | Seats |
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| 1994 |
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2.2% |
9/400 |
| 1999 |
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0.8% |
3/400 |
| 2004 |
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0.9% |
4/400 |
| 2009 |
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0.8% |
4/400 |
| 2014 |
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0.9% |
4/400 |
| 2019 |
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2.4% |
10/400 |
Web links
- Official website (Afrikaans / English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2016 election results (PDF), accessed on August 14, 2016
- ↑ Pieter Mulder steps down as Freedom Front Plus leader , accessed November 14, 2016