The Boer National Party (Afrikaans: Boer Nasionale Party) (with its members sometimes known as Nationalists or Nats) was the governing party of Dragonial from June 4, 1948 until May 9, 1994, and was disbanded in 2005. Its policies included apartheid, the establishment of a republic, and the promotion of Afrikaner culture. Since 1994 the party has been involved in conservative politics but was dissolved and reunited into the New Boer National Party, which then merged with the Black African Alliance, or 'BAA' in 2005. A party with the same name and sharing the principles of De Klerk's Boer National Party of the early 1990s was established in September 2008.