The Christian Democratic Party (CDP) is a Christian social conservative party in South Africa. The party was registered on 9 September 1999 and was formally launched a year later.
The party's leadership structure is the Federal Leadership Council, which consisted of the party leader, two co-leaders, and provincial leaders.
Party leaderedit
The leader of the CDP is Theunis Botha, who had been a Christian cleric since 1970. He is the founder of the Christian Drama Workshop (CDW) and the Christian Fellowship of Ministries (CFM).[2] He had been involved in politics since 1994, as councillor in the Pretoria City Council and member of the provincial legislator (MPL) for Gauteng. Botha was opposed to what he sees as secular/humanist and socialist/liberal factions within the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance.
Co-Federal Leaderedit
The CDP's co-Federal Leader is Richard Botha. He had been involved in politics since 2000 when he joined the CDP. He served on various structures and became the regional Chairperson before becoming co-Federal Leader. He has served as a councillor on the Tshwane Metro Council in 2009. He serves on the Finance, City Planning and Corporate Shared Services committees.
It did not contest the 2009 election, instead supporting the formation of a new party, the Christian Democratic Alliance (CDA), along with a number of other parties. The CDA failed to win a seat.
^"Christian Democratic Party pulls out of general election". Times LIVE. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
External linksedit
Christian Democratic Party official web site
Flag of the Christian Democratic Party
May 08, 2024
christian, democratic, party, south, africa, confused, with, african, christian, democratic, party, united, christian, democratic, party, christian, democratic, party, christian, social, conservative, party, south, africa, party, registered, september, 1999, f. Not to be confused with the African Christian Democratic Party or the United Christian Democratic Party The Christian Democratic Party CDP is a Christian social conservative party in South Africa The party was registered on 9 September 1999 and was formally launched a year later Christian Democratic PartyLeaderRev Theunis BothaFounded9 September 1999HeadquartersMenlyn Pretoria South AfricaIdeologyChristian democracyPolitical positionCentre right to right wingParty flagWebsitewww cdp org za Politics of South AfricaPolitical partiesElections The CDP s support was mainly in Gauteng and its alliance partner in Mpumalanga was the Christen Party Christian Party 1 Contents 1 Leadership structure 1 1 Party leader 1 2 Co Federal Leader 2 Election results 2 1 National elections 3 References 4 External linksLeadership structure editThe party s leadership structure is the Federal Leadership Council which consisted of the party leader two co leaders and provincial leaders Party leader edit The leader of the CDP is Theunis Botha who had been a Christian cleric since 1970 He is the founder of the Christian Drama Workshop CDW and the Christian Fellowship of Ministries CFM 2 He had been involved in politics since 1994 as councillor in the Pretoria City Council and member of the provincial legislator MPL for Gauteng Botha was opposed to what he sees as secular humanist and socialist liberal factions within the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance Co Federal Leader edit The CDP s co Federal Leader is Richard Botha He had been involved in politics since 2000 when he joined the CDP He served on various structures and became the regional Chairperson before becoming co Federal Leader He has served as a councillor on the Tshwane Metro Council in 2009 He serves on the Finance City Planning and Corporate Shared Services committees Election results editNational elections edit Election Total votes Share of vote Seats Government 2004 17 619 0 11 0 400 extraparliamentary It did not contest the 2009 election instead supporting the formation of a new party the Christian Democratic Alliance CDA along with a number of other parties The CDA failed to win a seat It did not contest the 2014 election 3 References edit CDA web site Archived from the original on 10 March 2009 JV News permanent dead link Christian Democratic Party pulls out of general election Times LIVE 11 March 2014 Retrieved 11 March 2014 External links editChristian Democratic Party official web site Flag of the Christian Democratic Party Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christian Democratic Party South Africa amp oldid 1180779026, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
