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Congress of the People

political party from South Africa (Formed in 2008 by former members of the African National Congress.)
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Congress of the People

Summary

Congress of the People is a political party[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of political_party entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Congress of the People is in the country of South Africa[3].
  • Congress of the People's instance of is recorded as political party[4].
  • Congress of the People's founder is recorded as Mosiuoa Lekota[5].
  • Congress of the People's headquarters location is recorded as Illovo[6].
  • Congress of the People's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123673903[7].
  • Congress of the People's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 161891724[8].
  • Congress of the People's IdRef ID is recorded as 177152494[9].
  • Congress of the People's Commons category is recorded as Congress of the People (South African political party)[10].
  • Congress of the People's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as FFCA08[11].
  • Congress of the People's chairperson is recorded as Mosiuoa Lekota[12].
  • +2008-12-16T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Congress of the People[13].
  • Congress of the People's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04q8j07[14].
  • Congress of the People's official website is recorded as http://www.congressofthepeople.org.za/[15].
  • Congress of the People's political ideology is recorded as social democracy[16].
  • Congress of the People's political alignment is recorded as centre-left[17].
  • Congress of the People's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Congress-of-the-People-South-African-history[18].
  • Congress of the People's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Congress_of_the_People_(COPE)[19].
  • Congress of the People's ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID is recorded as 321847229[20].

Body

Founding

Congress of the People's founder is recorded as Mosiuoa Lekota[5]. +2008-12-16T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[13].

Leadership

Congress of the People's chairperson is recorded as Mosiuoa Lekota[12].

Operations

Congress of the People's headquarters location is recorded as Illovo[6].

Why It Matters

Congress of the People ranks in the top 7% of political_party entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

South Africa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ASC Leiden Thesaurus dataset of 5 June 2018. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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