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The New Republic Party (NRP) was a South African political party. It was formed as the successor to the disbanded United Party (UP) in 1977 and as a merger with the Democratic Party. After the UP wound up initially the last UP leader Sir de Villiers Graaff served as the interim national leader of the new party with Radclyffe Cadman as parliamentary leader. Before the 1977 election Graaff resigned and Cadman became the national leader.