Centre Party (Netherlands)

Centre Party
Centrumpartij
ChairmanHenry Brookman
Hans Janmaat
Nico Konst
Pim Lier
Danny Segers
Founded11 March 1980
Dissolved13 May 1986
Succeeded byCentre Party '86
IdeologyDutch nationalism
Political positionFar-right[1][2][3]
Slogan"Not right-wing, not left-wing"

The Centre Party (Dutch: Centrumpartij, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsɛntrəmpɑrˌtɛi], CP) was a Dutch nationalist, right-wing extremist[4][5] political party espousing an anti-immigrant program. The party was founded by Henry Brookman in 1980, and was represented by Hans Janmaat in the Dutch House of Representatives from 1982, until he was expelled from the party in 1984 and joined the more moderate Centre Democrats. The CP, as well as the CD, was subject to a cordon sanitaire by the other parties in the House of Representatives. After much infighting and finally legal proceedings against the party, it was declared bankrupt in 1986. The party was soon after succeeded by the Centre Party '86, which would become increasingly radical, until it was banned in 1998.

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