African National Congress

left-wing nationalist political party in South Africa
Organization political_party Q83162
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African National Congress

Summary

African National Congress is a political party[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of political_party entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,444 views/month, #71 of 10,192).[2]

Key Facts

  • African National Congress was a member of Socialist International[3].
  • African National Congress is in the country of South Africa[4].
  • African National Congress's instance of is recorded as political party[5].
  • African National Congress's founder is recorded as John Langalibalele Dube[6].
  • African National Congress's headquarters location is recorded as Luthuli House[7].
  • African National Congress's Commons category is recorded as African National Congress[8].
  • African National Congress's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as 006600[9].
  • African National Congress's chairperson is recorded as Cyril Ramaphosa[10].
  • January 8, 1912 marks the founding of African National Congress[11].
  • African National Congress's location of formation is recorded as Bloemfontein[12].
  • African National Congress's official website is recorded as https://www.anc1912.org.za/[13].
  • African National Congress's topic's main category is recorded as Category:African National Congress[14].
  • African National Congress's political ideology is recorded as African nationalism[15].
  • African National Congress's political ideology is recorded as social democracy[16].
  • African National Congress's described by source is recorded as The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought[17].
  • African National Congress's political alignment is recorded as centre-left[18].
  • African National Congress's number of seats in assembly is recorded as {'amount': '+230'}[19].
  • African National Congress's number of seats in assembly is recorded as {'amount': '+54'}[20].
  • African National Congress's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African National Congress'}[21].
  • African National Congress's member count is recorded as {'amount': '+896000'}[22].
  • African National Congress's position held by head of the organization is recorded as Secretary-General of the African National Congress[23].
  • African National Congress's general secretary is recorded as Ace Magashule[24].
  • African National Congress's member category is recorded as Category:African National Congress politicians[25].
  • African National Congress's has works in the collection is recorded as Tate[26].
  • African National Congress's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+908706'}[27].

Body

Founding

African National Congress's founder is recorded as John Langalibalele Dube[6]. January 8, 1912 marks the founding of it[11]. Its location of formation is recorded as Bloemfontein[12].

Leadership

African National Congress's chairperson is recorded as Cyril Ramaphosa[10].

Operations

African National Congress's headquarters location is recorded as Luthuli House[7].

Why It Matters

African National Congress ranks in the top 0.7% of political_party entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,444 views/month, #71 of 10,192).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [3] . socialistinternational.org. Retrieved . socialistinternational.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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