Democratic Alliance
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centrist-liberal political party in South Africa formed in 2000
Key facts
- Abbreviation
- DA
- Federal leader
- Geordin Hill-Lewis
- Federal chairperson
- Solly Msimanga
- Deputy federal chairpersons
- Siviwe Gwarube , Cilliers Brink , Solly Malatsi
- Federal council chairperson
- Ashor Sarupen
- Deputy federal council chairpersons
- JP Smith , Thomas Walters , Carl Pophaim
- Founded
- 24 June 2000 ; 25 years ago ( 2000-06-24 )
- Preceded by
- Democratic Party , Federal Alliance
- Student wing
- Democratic Alliance Students Organisation
- Youth wing
- DA Youth
- Women s wing
- DA Women's Network
- Overseas wing
- DA Abroad
- Ideology
- Liberalism ( South African ) Non-racialism
- Political position
- Centre to centre-right
- International affiliation
- Liberal International
- Continental affiliation
- Africa Liberal Network
- Colours
- Blue
- Slogan
- Freedom, Fairness, Opportunity and Diversity
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Encyclopedic overview
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is a liberal South African political party. The party has been the second-largest in South Africa since its foundation in 2000. The DA's ideology has been associated with both centrist and centre-right policies.
The party, considered to be South Africa's most diverse in terms of membership and voters, draws its support predominantly from Afrikaans and English speakers, people aged over 35, as well as white South Africans, Indian/Asian communities, and Coloured communities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Democratic Alliance” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.