The conservative National Party (in Afrikaans: Nasionale Party)
The French government.
because they did
The United States government had a history of human experimentation in mind control to control information flow.
the Medici took control of the city!
During the genocide Armenia hadn't it's own government. At that time the biggest part of Armenia was under control of Ottoman Empire.
During World War 1 the United States government took control of all the railroads. This nationalized system was called The United States Railroad Administration.
During the 1920's and 30's, the Italian government gained control of Libya, Somaliland and Eritrea.
The "Provisional Government" took control of Russia after the February Revolution. It was supposed to be temporary until a democratically elected Constituent Assembly could be elected and then create a constitutional form of government.
The Senate looked after the interests of the Roman state during the Republic.
This is a matter of opinion, but I would argue no. "Least government" is anarchy, where there is no control outside of the individual. However, "most government" can be argued to be a dictatorship, where all control is outside of the individual. Over time, the best government seems to be somewhere in the middle of these two extremes, with some individual autonomy and some governmental control. In most democracies, this debate is staged during every election in some form.
Apartheid was a system of segregation and overall discrimination against all non-white South Africans in South Africa that was actually a legal part of South African legislation.
The government's economic role during and after World War 2 expanded. This expansion took place because the country was under the control of the Progressives who wanted an increased governmental role in everything.