Vryheidsfront Plus

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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
South AfricaSouth 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 Pieter Mulder June 26, 2001 November 12, 2016
Pieter Groenewald Pieter Groenewald November 12, 2016

Election results

year choice Share of votes Seats
1994 South AfricaSouth Africa General election in South Africa 1994 2.2%
9/400
1999 South AfricaSouth Africa General election in South Africa 1999 0.8%
3/400
2004 South AfricaSouth Africa General election in South Africa 2004 0.9%
4/400
2009 South AfricaSouth Africa General election in South Africa 2009 0.8%
4/400
2014 South AfricaSouth Africa General election in South Africa 2014 0.9%
4/400
2019 South AfricaSouth Africa General election in South Africa 2019 2.4%
10/400

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. 2016 election results (PDF), accessed on August 14, 2016
  2. Pieter Mulder steps down as Freedom Front Plus leader , accessed November 14, 2016