Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd2 September 1958
Wins National Party leadership following Strijdom's death.
South Africa · Politics / National Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Wins National Party leadership following Strijdom's death.
Becomes leader of the National Party alongside the premiership.
Wins the National Party leadership contest after Vorster resigns.
Is chosen National Party leader after P W Botha resigns.
This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.