| Federal Convention of Namibia | |
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| Leader | Hans Diergaardt (until 1998, his death) Kephes Conradie (since 1998) |
| Founded | 1988[1] |
| Headquarters | Rehoboth, Namibia |
| Politics of Namibia Political parties Elections |
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The Federal Convention of Namibia was a political party based in Rehoboth, Namibia. It was founded in 1988 by Hans Diergaardt[1] and led by him until his death in 1998. After that, Kephes Conradie took over the leadership of the party.[2] It claimed to represent Namibia's coloured population. The party contested Namibia's legislative elections from 1989 to 1999.
In 1989, it received 10,452 total votes, which allotted it one seat in the Namibian Constituent Assembly, which went to Diergaardt. In the former Coloured homeland, the party received twenty-nine percent of the total vote, less than the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance and SWAPO parties.[3]
In the 1994 Namibian parliamentary election, the party failed to earn a seat and received just 1,166 total votes.[4] In the 1999 Namibian parliamentary election, it received just 764 total votes, ranking last of parties contesting the election.[5] It did not contest the 2004 Namibian parliamentary election.