Namibia: Unregistered and defunct parties
Updated November 2009
Unregistered party
| Party | Leaders | Founded | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Democratic Party | Mishake Muyongo (exile) | September 1985 | The United Democratic Party advocates the secession of the Caprivi from Namibia. Party leader Mishake Muyongo is in exile in Denmark and key party members have been granted refugee status in Botswana |
Defunct parties
Parties ordered by date of founding and alphabetically. The following list is not definitive, but includes only the main parties encountered in the literature on Namibian political parties.
| Party | Remarks |
|---|---|
| National Party of SWA (NP) | Founded 1926, dissolved in 1991 to form ACN |
| Caprivi African National Union | Founded 1962, merged with SWAPO |
| Namibia National Front (NNF) | Founded 1977 Coalition of SWANU and other parties and political groups, disintegrated after 1989 |
| SWAPO-Democrats | Leaders: Andreas Shipanga, Emil Appolus Founded 1978, dissolved 1989 |
| Communist Party of Namibia | Leader: Rirua Karihangana Founded Oct 1981; merged with United Democratic Front in 1989 |
| Namibia National Democratic Party (NND)P | Leader: Paul Helmuth Founded Feb 1989; deregistered by 2009 |
| Aksie Christelik Nationaal (ACN) | Leader: Jan De Wet Founded 1989 as a coalition of NP and the DB, disintegrated after founding of MAG in 1994 |
| Christian Democratic Action for Social Justice (CDA) | Leader: Peter Kalangula (retired 1989) Founded 1982; disintegrated after 1989 |
| Federal Convention of Namibia (FCN) | Leaders: Kephes Conradie, Kaptein Johannes Gerard Adolph Diergaardt (d 1998) Founded 1989; deregistered by 2009 |
| Democratic Coalition of Namibia (DCN) Did not contest 2004 election |
Leader: Moses Katjiuonga Founded 1994; deregistered by 2009 |
| National Patriotic Front (NPF) | Dissolved 1994 to form the DCN with the German Union |
| Deutchesbund (DB) German Union, Sometimes German League |
Dissolved 1994 to form the DCN with the NPF in 1994 |