MauritaniaAction for Change or AC [Messoud Ould BOULKHEIR];Alliance for Justice and Democracy or AJD [Kebe ABDOULAYE];Democratic and Social Republican Party or PRDS (ruling party)[President Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed TAYA]; Mauritanian Party forRenewal and Concorde or PMRC [Molaye El Hassen Ould JIYID]; NationalUnion for Democracy and Development or UNDD [Tidjane KOITA]; Partyfor Liberty, Equality and Justice or PLEJ [Daouda M'BAGNIGA];Popular Front or FP [Ch'bih Ould CHEIKH MALAININE]; Popular ProgressAlliance or APP [Messoud Ould BOULKHEIR]; Popular Social andDemocratic Union or UPSD [Mohamed Mahmoud Ould MAH]; Progress ForceUnion or UFP [Mohamed Ould MAOULOUD]; Rally of Democratic Forces orRFD [Ahmed Ould DADDAH]; Rally for Democracy and Unity or RDU [AhmedOuld SIDI BABA]; Union for Democracy and Progress or UDP [Naha MintMOUKNASS]note: the Action for Change party was banned in January 2002although its members were permitted to keep their seats in theNational Assembly; parties legalized by constitution ratified 12July 1991, however, politics continue to be tribally based
MauritiusHizbullah [Cehl Mohamed FAKEEMEEAH]; Mauritian Labor Partyor MLP [Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM]; Mauritian Militant Movement or MMM[Paul BERENGER] - in coalition with MSM; Mauritian Social DemocratParty or PMSD [Charles Xavier-Luc DUVAL]; Militant SocialistMovement or MSM [Pravind JUGNAUTH] - governing party; RodriguesMovement or MR [Joseph (Nicholas) Von MALLY]; Rodrigues PeoplesOrganization or OPR [Serge CLAIR]
MayotteDemocratic Front or FD [Youssouf MOUSSA]; Mahoran PopularMovement or MPM [Ahmed MADI]; FARC [leader NA]; Federation ofMahorans or RPR (UMP) [Mansour KAMARDINE]; Movement for DepartmentStatus Mayotte or MDM [Mouhoutar SALIM]; Renewed Communist Party ofMayotte or MRC [Omar SIMBA]; Socialist Party or PS (local branch ofFrench Parti Socialiste) [Ibrahim ABUBACAR]; Union for FrenchDemocracy or UDF [Henri JEAN-BAPTISTE]
MexicoConvergence for Democracy or CD [Dante DELGADO Ranauro];Institutional Revolutionary Party or PRI [Roberto MADRAZO Pintado];Mexican Green Ecological Party or PVEM [Jorge Emilio GONZALEZMartinez]; National Action Party or PAN [Luis Felipe BRAVO Mena];Party of the Democratic Revolution or PRD [Leonel GODOY]; WorkersParty or PT [Alberto ANAYA Gutierrez]
Micronesia, Federated States ofno formal parties
MoldovaDemocratic Modova Bloc [Serafim URECHEANU] includes:Democratic Party [Dumitru DIACOV], Our Moldova Alliance [DumitruBRAGHIS, Serafim URECHEANU], Social Liberal Party [Oleg SEREBRIAN];Communist Party of the Republic of Moldova or PCRM [VladimirVORONIN, first chairman]; Popular Christian Democratic Party or PPCD[Iurie ROSCA]
MonacoNational and Democratic Union or UND [Jean-Louis CAMPORA];Union for Monaco or UPM (including National Union for the Future ofMonaco or UNAM) [leader NA]
MongoliaCitizens' Will Republican Party or CWRP (also called CivilCourage Republican Party or CCRP) [Sanjaasurengiin OYUN]; DemocraticParty or DP [R. GONCHIKDORJ]; Motherland-Mongolian New SocialistDemocratic Party or M-MNSDP [Badarchyn ERDENEBAT]; MongolianPeople's Revolutionary Party or MPRP [Nambaryn ENKHBAYAR]; MongolianRepublican Party or MRP [Bazarsadyn JARGALSAIKHAN]note: DP and M-MNSDP formed Motherland-Democracy Coalition (MDC) in2003 and with CWRP contested June 2004 elections as single party;MDC's leadership dissolved coalition in December 2004
MontserratNational Progressive Party or NPP [Reuben T. MEADE]; NewPeople's Liberation Movement or NPLM [John A. OSBORNE]
MoroccoAction Party or PA [Muhammad EL IDRISSI]; Alliance ofLiberties or ADL [Ali BELHAJ]; Annahj Addimocrati or Annahj[Abdellah EL HARIF]; Avant Garde Social Democratic Party or PADS[Ahmed BENJELLOUN]; Citizen Forces or FC [Abderrahman LAHJOUJI];Citizen's Initiatives for Development [Mohamed BENHAMOU];Constitutional Union or UC [Mohamed ABIED (interim)]; Democratic andIndependence Party or PDI [Abdelwahed MAACH]; Democratic and SocialMovement or MDS [Mahmoud ARCHANE]; Democratic Socialist Party or PSD[Aissa OUARDIGHI]; Democratic Union or UD [Bouazza IKKEN];Environment and Development Party or PED [Ahmed EL ALAMI]; Front ofDemocratic Forces or FFD [Thami EL KHYARI]; Istiqlal Party(Independence Party) or PI [Abbas El FASSI]; Justice and DevelopmentParty or PJD [Saad Eddine OTHMANI]; Moroccan Liberal Party or PML[Mohamed ZIANE]; National Democratic Party or PND [Abdallah KADIRI];National Ittihadi Congress Party or CNI [Abdelmajid BOUZOUBAA];National Popular Movement or MNP [Mahjoubi AHERDANE]; National Rallyof Independents or RNI [Ahmed OSMAN]; National Union of PopularForces or UNFP [Abdellah IBRAHIM]; Parti Al Ahd or Al Ahd [Najib ELOUAZZANI, chairman]; Party of Progress and Socialism or PPS [IsmailALAOUI]; Party of Renewal and Equity or PRE [Chakir ACHABAR]; Partyof the Unified Socialist Left or GSU [Mohamed Ben Said AIT IDDER];Popular Movement or MP [Mohamed LAENSER]; Reform and DevelopmentParty or PRD [Abderrahmane EL KOUHEN]; Social Center Party or PSC[Lahcen MADIH]; Socialist Union of Popular Forces or USFP [MohammedEl-YAZGHI]
MozambiqueFront for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frente deLiberatacao de Mocambique) or FRELIMO [Armando Emilio GUEBUZA,president]; Mozambique National Resistance-Electoral Union(Resistencia Nacional Mocambicana-Uniao Eleitoral) or RENAMO-UE[Afonso DHLAKAMA, president]
NamibiaCongress of Democrats or COD [Ben ULENGA]; DemocraticTurnhalle Alliance of Namibia or DTA [Katuutire KAURA, president];Monitor Action Group or MAG [Kosie PRETORIUS]; South West AfricaPeople's Organization or SWAPO [Sam Shafishuna NUJOMA]; UnitedDemocratic Front or UDF [Justus GAROEB]
Nauruloose multiparty system; Democratic Party [Kennan ADEANG];Nauru Party (informal) [leader NA]; Naoero Amo (Nauru First) Party[leader NA]
NepalCommunist Party of Nepal/United Marxist-Leninist or CPN/UML[Madhav Kumar NEPAL, general secretary]; National Democratic Partyor NDP (also called Rastriya Prajantra Party or RPP) [Surya BahadurTHAPA, chairman]; People's Front Nepal (Rastriya Jana Morcha)[Chitra BAHADUR, chairman]; Nepali Congress-Democratic [Sher BahadurDEUBA, president]; Nepali Congress or NC [Girija Prasad KOIRALA,party president; Sushil KOIRALA, general secretary]; NepalSadbhavana (Goodwill) Party or NSP [Bhadri Prasad MANDAL, actingparty president]; Nepal Workers and Peasants Party or NWPP [NarayanMan BIJUKCHHE, party chairman]; Samyukta Janmorcha Nepal [leader NA]
NetherlandsChristian Democratic Appeal or CDA [Maxime JacquesMarcel VERHAGEN]; Christian Union Party [Andre ROUVOET]; Democrats66 or D66 [Boris DITTRICH]; Green Party [Femke HALSEMA]; Labor Partyor PvdA [Wouter BOS]; List Pim Fortuyn [Gerard van AS]; People'sParty for Freedom and Democracy (Liberal) or VVD [Jozias VANAARTSEN]; Socialist Party [Jan MARIJNISSEN]; plus a few minor parties
Netherlands AntillesAntillean Restructuring Party or PAR [EtienneYS]; C 93 [Stanley BROWN]; Democratic Party of Bonaire or PDB [JopiABRAHAM]; Democratic Party of Curacao or DP [Errol HERNANDEZ];Democratic Party of Sint Eustatius or DP-St. E [Julian WOODLEY];Democratic Party of Sint Maarten or DP-St. M [SarahWESCOTT-WILLIAMS]; Foundation Energetic Management Anti-Narcotics orFAME [Eric LODEWIJKS]; Labor Party People's Crusade or PLKP [ErrolCOVA]; National Alliance [William MARLIN]; National People's Partyor PNP [Susanne F. C. CAMELIA-ROMER]; New Antilles Movement or MAN[Kenneth GIJSBERTHA]; Patriotic Union of Bonaire or UP Bonaire[Ramonsito BOOI]; Patriotic Movement of Sint Maarten or SPA [VanceJAMES, Jr.]; People's Party or PAPU [Richard HODI]; Pro CuracaoParty or PPK [Winston LOURENS]; Saba Democratic Labor Movement[Steve HASSELL]; Saba Unity Party [Carmen SIMMONDS]; St. EustatiusAlliance or SEA [Kenneth VAN PUTTEN]; Serious Alternative People'sParty or Sapp [Julian ROLLOCKS]; Social Action Cause or KAS [BennyDEMEI]; Windward Islands People's Movement or WIPM [Will JOHNSTON];Workers' Liberation Front or FOL [Anthony GODETT, Rignald LAK,Editha WRIGHT]note: political parties are indigenous to each island
New CaledoniaAlliance pour la Caledonie or APLC [Didier LE ROUX];Caleonian Union or UC [leader NA]; Federation des Comites deCoordination des Independantistes or FCCI [Francois BURCK]; FrontNational or FN [Guy GEORGE]; Front Uni de Liberation Kanak or FULK[Ernest UNE]; Kanak Socialist Front for National Liberation or FLNKS[leader NA] (includes PALIKA, UNI, UC, and UPM); Parti de LiberationKanak or PALIKA [Paul NEAOUTYINE and Elie POIGOUNE]; Rally forCaledonia in the Republic (anti independent) or RPCR-UMP [JacquesLAFLEUR]; The Future Together or AE [Harold MARTIN]; Union Nationalepour l'Independance or UNI [Paul NEAOUTYINE]; note - may no longerexist, but Paul NEAOUTYINE has since become a president of Parti deLiberation Kanak or PALIKA; Union Progressiste Melanesienne or UPM[Victor TUTUGORO]
New ZealandACT New Zealand [Rodney HIDE]; Green Party [JeanetteFITZSIMONS and Rod DONALD]; Maori Party [Whatarangi WINIATA];National Party or NP [Don BRASH]; New Zealand First Party or NZFP[Winston PETERS]; New Zealand Labor Party or NZLP [Helen CLARK];Progressive Party [James (Jim) ANDERTON]; United Future or UF [PeterDUNNE]
NicaraguaAlliance for the Republic or APRE [Miguel LOPEZ Baldizon,Oscar WENDOLYN Vargas, Karla WHITE]; Central American Unionist Partyor PUCA [leader NA]; Christian Alternative Party or AC [OrlandoTARDENCILLA Espinoza]; Conservative Party of Nicaragua or PCN [MarioRAPPACCIOLI]; Independent Liberal Party or PLI [Anibal MARTINEZNunez, Pedro REYES Vallejos]; Independent Liberal Party for NationalUnity or PLIUN [leader NA]; Liberal Constitutional Party or PLC[Jorge CASTILLO Quant]; Liberal Salvation Movement or MSL [EliseoNUNEZ Hernandez]; New Liberal Party or PALI [leader NA]; NicaraguanParty of the Christian Path or PCCN [Guillermo OSORNO Molina];Nicaraguan Resistance Party or PRN [Salvador TALAVERA]; SandinistaNational Liberation Front or FSLN [Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra];Sandinista Renovation Movement or MRS [leader NA]; Unity Alliance orAU [leader NA]
NigerAlliance for Democracy and Progress or ANDP [leader NA];Democratic Rally of the People-Jama'a or RDP-Jama'a [Hamid ALGABID];Democratic and Social Convention-Rahama or CDS-Rahama [MahamaneOUSMANE]; National Movement for a Developing Society-Nassara orMNSD-Nassara [TANDJA Mamadou, chairman]; Nigerien Alliance forDemocracy and Social Progress-Zaman Lahiya or ANDPS-Zaman Lahiya[Moumouni Adamou DJERMAKOYE]; Nigerien Party for Democracy andSocialism-Tarayya or PNDS-Tarayya [Mahamadou ISSOUFOU]; Party forSocialism and Democracy in Niger [leader NA]; Rally for SocialDemocracy or RSD [Cheiffou AMADOU]; Union of Democratic Patriots andProgressives-Chamoua or UPDP-Chamoua [Professor Andre' SALIFOU,chairman]
NigeriaAlliance for Democracy or AD [Alhaji Adamu ABDULKADIR]; AllNigeria Peoples' Party or ANPP [Don ETIEBET]; All Progressives GrandAlliance or APGA [Chekwas OKORIE]; National Democratic Party or NDP[Aliyu Habu FARI]; Peoples Democratic Party or PDP [Dr. Ahmadu ALI];Peoples Redemption Party or PRP [Abdulkadir Balarabe MUSA]; PeoplesSalvation Party or PSP [Lawal MAITURARE]; United Nigeria PeoplesParty or UNPP [Saleh JAMBO]
NiueNiue People's Action Party or NPP [Young VIVIAN]; Alliance ofIndependents or AI [leader NA]
Norfolk Islandnone
Northern Mariana IslandsDemocratic Party [Dr. Carlos S. CAMACHO];Republican Party [NA]; Covenant Party [Benigno R. FITIAL]
NorwayCenter Party [Aslaug Marie HAGA]; Christian People's Party[Dagfinn HOYBRATEN]; Coastal Party [Roy WAAGE]; Conservative Party[Erna SOLBERG]; Labor Party [Jens STOLTENBERG]; Liberal Party [LarsSPONHEIM]; Progress Party [Carl I. HAGEN]; Socialist Left Party[Kristin HALVORSEN]
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PakistanAwami National Party or ANP [Wali KHAN]; BalochistanNational Movement/Hayee Group or BNM/H [Dr. Hayee BALUCH]; BaluchNational Party/Awami or BNP/Awami [Moheem Khan BALOCH]; BaluchNational Party-Mengal or BNP/M [Sardar Ataullah MENGAL]; JamhooriWatan Party or JWP [Akbar Khan BUGTI]; Jamiat-al-Hadith or JAH[Sajid MIR]; Jamiat-i-Islami or JI [Qazi Hussain AHMED]; JamiatUlema-i-Islam, Fazlur Rehman faction or JUI/F [Fazlur REHMAN];Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, Sami ul-HAQ faction or JUI/S [Sami ul-HAQ];Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan or JUP [Shah Faridul HAQ]; Millat Party orMP [Farooq LEGHARI]; Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan or MMA [QaziHussain AHMED]; Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf faction or MQM/A[Altaf HUSSAIN]; Muttahida Quami Movement, Haqiqi faction or MQM/H[Afaq AHMAD]; National People's Party or NPP [Ghulam MustaphaJATOI]; Pakhtun Khwa Milli Awami Party or PkMAP [Mahmood KhanACHAKZAI]; Pakhtun Quami Party or PQP [Mohammed Afzal KHAN];Pakistan Awami Tehrik or PAT [Tahir ul QADRI]; Pakistan DemocraticParty or PDP [Mehbooba Mufti SAYEED]; Pakistan Muslim League,Functional Group or PML/F [Pir PAGARO]; Pakistan Muslim League,Nawaz Sharif faction or PML/N [Nawaz SHARIF]; Pakistan Muslim Leagueor PML [Chaudhry Shujaat HUSSAIN]; note - as of May 2004, the PML/Qchanged its name to PML and absorbed the PML/J, PML/Z, and NA;Pakistan National Party or PNP [Hasil BIZENJO]; Pakistan People'sParty or PPP [Aftab Ahmed Khan SHERPAO]; Pakistan People's PartyParliamentarians or PPPP [Benazir BHUTTO]; Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaafor PTI [Imran KHAN]; Tehrik-i-Islami [Allama Sajid NAQVI]note: political alliances in Pakistan can shift frequently
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PanamaDemocratic Change or CD [Ricardo MARTINELLI]; DemocraticRevolutionary Party or PRD [Martin TORRIJOS]; National Liberal Partyor PLN [Anibal GALINDO]; Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement orMOLIRENA [Jesus ROSAS]; Panamenista Party or PA (formerly theArnulfista Party) [Mireya Elisa MOSCOSO Rodriguez]; Popular Party orPP (formerly Christian Democratic Party or PDC) [Ruben AROSEMENA];Solidarity Party or PS [Jose Raul MULINO]
Papua New GuineaChristian Democratic Party [Dr. Banare BUN, partyleader]; Melanesian Alliance Party or MAP [Sir Moi AVEL, partyleader]; National Alliance Party or NA [Michael SOMARE, partyleader; George MANOA, party president]; National Party [MelchiorPEP, party leader]; Papua and Niugini Union Party or PANGU [ChrisHAIVETA, party leader]; Papua New Guinea First Party [CecilkingDORUBA, party leader]; Papua New Guinea Labor Party [Bob DANAYA,party leader]; Papua New Guinea Party (was People's DemocraticMovement or PDM) [Sir Mekere MORAUTA, party leader]; People's ActionParty or PAP [Moses MALADINA, party leader]; People's Labor Party orPLP [Ekis ROPENU, party leader]; People's National Congress or PNC[Peter O'NEILL, party leader]; People's Progressive Party or PPP[Andrew BAING, party leader]; Pipol First Party [Luther WENGE, partyleader]; Rural People's Party [Peter NAMUS, party leader]; UnitedParty [Bire KIMASOPA, party leader]; United Resources Party or URP[Tim NEVILLE, party leader] (2004)
ParaguayAsociacion Nacional Republicana - Colorado Party or ANR[Herminio CACERES, interim president]; Movimiento Union Nacional deCiudadanos Eticos or UNACE [Enrique GONZALEZ Quintana, actingchairman]; Patria Querida (Beloved Fatherland Party) or PQ [PedroNicolas Maraa FADUL Niella]; Partido Encuentro Nacional or PEN [LuisTORALES Kenney]; Partido Liberal Radical Autentico or PLRA [JulioCesar FRANCO]; Partido Pais Solidario or PPS [Carlos AlbertoFILIZZOLA Pallares]note: Nicanor DUARTE Frutos on leave as party leader of the ColoradoParty or ANR while serving as President of Paraguay; Lino CesarOVIEDO Silva, leader of UNACE, is currently serving a ten-yearprison term
PeruIndependent Moralizing Front or FIM [Fernando OLIVERA Vega];National Unity (Unidad Nacional) or UN [Lourdes FLORES Nano]; PeruPosible or PP [David WAISMAN]; Peruvian Aprista Party or PAP (alsoreferred to by its original name Alianza Popular RevolucionariaAmericana or APRA) [Alan GARCIA]; Popular Action or AP [Javier DIAZOrihuela]; Solucion Popular [Carlos BOLANA]; Somos Peru or SP[Alberto ANDRADE]; Union for Peru or UPP [Roger GUERRA Garcia]
PhilippinesLaban Ng Demokratikong Pilipino (Struggle of FilipinoDemocrats) or LDP [Edgardo ANGARA, president]; Lakas Ng Edsa(National Union of Christian Democrats) or Lakas [Jose DE VENECIA,president; Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, chairperson]; Liberal Party orLP [Franklin DRILON, president; Jose ATIENZA, JR., chairman];National People's Coalition or NPC [Eduardo COJUANGCO, chairmanemeritus; Frisco SAN JUAN, president]; PDP-Laban [Aquilino PIMENTEL,president]; Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (Party of the PhilippineMasses) or PMP [Joseph ESTRADA, president; Juan Ponce ENRILE,chairman]; Aksyon Demokratiko Party [Raul ROCO, president]; Reporma[Renato DE VILLA, chairman]; PROMDI [Emilio OSMENA, president];Nacionalista [Manuel VILLAR, president]; People's Reform Party[Miriam Defensor SANTIAGO, president}
Pitcairn Islandsnone
PolandCatholic-National Movement or RKN [Antoni MACIEREWICZ]; CivicPlatform or PO [Donald TUSK]; Conservative Peasants Party or KL[Artur BALAZS]; Democratic Left Alliance or SLD [Jozef OLEKSY]; DomOjczysty (Fatherland Home); Freedom Union or UW [WladyslawFRASYNIUK]; German Minority of Lower Silesia or MNSO [Henryk KROLL];Law and Justice or PiS [Jaroslaw KACZYNSKI]; League of PolishFamilies or LPR [Marek KOTLINOWSKI]; Movement for the Reconstructionof Poland or ROP [Jan OLSZEWSKI]; Peasant-Democratic Party or PLD[Roman JAGIELINSKI]; Polish Accord or PP [Jan LOPUSZANSKI]; PolishPeasant Party or PSL [Waldemar PAWLAK]; Samoobrona or SO [AndrzejLEPPER]; Social Democratic Party of Poland or SDPL [Marek BOROWSKI];Social Movement or RS [Krzysztof PIESIEWICZ]; Union of Labor or UP[Izabela JARUGA-NOWACKA]
PortugalGreen Ecologist Party or PEV [Heloisa APOLONIA]; PopularParty or PP [Jose Ribeiro e CASTRO]; Portuguese Communist Party orPCP [Jeronimo de SOUSA]; Portuguese Socialist Party or PS [JoseSOCRATES Carvalho Pinto de Sousa]; Social Democratic Party or PSD[Luis Marques MENDES]; The Left Bloc or BE [Franciso AnacletoLOUCA]; Unitarian Democratic Coalition or UDC [Jeronimo de SOUSA]
Puerto RicoNational Democratic Party [Celeste BENITEZ]; NationalRepublican Party of Puerto Rico [Dr. Tiody FERRE]; New ProgressiveParty or PNP (pro-US statehood) [Pedro ROSSELLO]; Popular DemocraticParty or PPD (pro-commonwealth) [Anibal ACEVEDO-VILA]; Puerto RicanIndependence Party or PIP (pro-independence) [Ruben BERRIOS Martinez]
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ReunionCommunist Party of Reunion or PCR [Paul VERGES]; Rally forthe Republic or RPR [Andre Maurice PIHOUEE]; Socialist Party or PS[Jean-Claude FRUTEAU]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [GilbertGERARD]; Union for a Popular Movement or UMP [leader NA]
RomaniaConservative Party [Dan VOICULESCU], formerly Humanist Partyor PUR; Democratic Party or PD [Emil BOC]; Democratic Union ofHungarians in Romania or UDMR [Bela MARKO]; National Liberal Partyor PNL [Calin Popescu TARICEANU]; Romania Mare Party (GreaterRomanian Party) or PRM [Corneliu Vadim TUDOR]; Social DemocraticParty or PSD [Mircea Dan GEOANA], formerly Party of Social Democracyin Romania or PDSR
RussiaCommunist Party of the Russian Federation or CPRF [GennadiyAndreyevich ZYUGANOV]; Liberal Democratic Party of Russia or LDPR[Vladimir Volfovich ZHIRINOVSKIY]; Motherland Bloc (Rodina) [DmitriyROGOZIN]; People's Party [Gennadiy RAYKOV]; Union of Right Forces orSPS [Anatoliy Borisovich CHUBAYS, Yegor Timurovich GAYDAR, IrinaMutsuovna KHAKAMADA, Boris Yefimovich NEMTSOV]; United Russia [BorisVyacheslavovich GRYZLOV]; Yabloko Party [Grigoriy AlekseyevichYAVLINSKIY]
RwandaCentrist Democratic Party or PDC [Alfred MUKEZAMFURA];Democratic Popular Union of Rwanda or UDPR [Adrien RANGIRA];Democratic Republican Movement or MDR (officially banned) [CelestinKABANDA]; Islamic Democratic Party or PDI [Andre BUMAYA]; LiberalParty or PL [Prosper HIGIRO]; Party for Democratic Renewal(officially banned) [Pasteur BIZIMUNGU and Charles NTAKARUTINKA];Rwandan Patriotic Front or RPF [Paul KAGAME]; Social DemocraticParty or PSD [Vincent BIRUTA]
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Saint Kitts and NevisConcerned Citizens Movement or CCM [VanceAMORY]; Nevis Reformation Party or NRP [Joseph PARRY]; People'sAction Movement or PAM [Lindsey GRANT]; Saint Kitts and Nevis LaborParty or SKNLP [Dr. Denzil DOUGLAS]
Saint LuciaNational Alliance or NA [George ODLUM]; Saint LuciaFreedom Party or SFP [Martinus FRANCOIS]; Saint Lucia Labor Party orSLP [Kenneth ANTHONY]; Sou Tout Apwe Fete Fini or STAFF [ChristopherHUNTE]; United Workers Party or UWP [Dr. Morella JOSEPH]
Saint Pierre and MiquelonLeft Radical Party or PRG [leader NA];Rassemblement pour la Republique or RPR (now UMP) [leader NA];Socialist Party or PS [leader NA]; Union pour la DemocratieFrancaise or UDF [leader NA]
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNational Reform Party or NRP [JoelMIGUEL]; New Democratic Party or NDP [Arnhim EUSTACE]; People'sProgressive Movement or PPM [Ken BOYEA]; Progressive Labor Party orPLP [leader NA]; United People's Movement or UPM [Adrian SAUNDERS];Unity Labor Party or ULP [Ralph GONSALVES] (formed by the coalitionof Saint Vincent Labor Party or SVLP and the Movement for NationalUnity or MNU)
SamoaChristian Democratic Party [leader NA]; Human RightsProtection Party or HRPP [Sailele Malielegaoi TUILA'EPA, chairman];Samoan Democratic United Party or SDUP [LE MAMEA Ropati, chairman](opposition)
San MarinoCommunist Refoundation or RC [Ivan FOSHI]; Ideas inMovement or IM [Alessandro ROSSI]; National Alliance or AN [leaderNA]; Party of Democrats or PD [Claudio FELICI]; San Marino ChristianDemocratic Party or PDCS [Giovanni LONFERNINI]; San Marino PopularAlliance of Democrats or APDS [Roberto GIORGETTI]; San MarinoSocialist Party or PSS [Alberto CECCHETTI]; Socialists for Reform orSR [Renzo GIARDI]
Sao Tome and PrincipeDemocratic Renovation Party [Armindo GRACA];Force for Change Democratic Movement [leader NA]; IndependentDemocratic Action or ADI [Carlos NEVES]; Movement for the Liberationof Sao Tome and Principe-Social Democratic Party or MLSTP-PSD[Manuel Pinto Da COSTA]; Party for Democratic Convergence or PCD[Aldo BANDEIRA]; Ue-Kedadji coalition [leader NA]; other smallparties
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SenegalAfrican Party for Democracy and Socialism or And Jef (alsoknown as PADS/AJ) [Landing SAVANE, secretary general]; African Partyof Independence [Majhemout DIOP]; Alliance of Forces of Progress orAFP [Moustapha NIASSE]; Democratic and Patriotic Convention or CDP(also known as Garab-Gi) [Dr. Iba Der THIAM]; DemocraticLeague-Labor Party Movement or LD-MPT [Dr. Abdoulaye BATHILY]; Frontfor Socialism and Democracy or FSD [Cheikh Abdoulaye DIEYE]; GaindeCentrist Bloc or BGC [Jean-Paul DIAS]; Independence and Labor Partyor PIT [Amath DANSOKHO]; National Democratic Rally or RND [MadierDIOUF]; Senegalese Democratic Party or PDS [Abdoulaye WADE];Socialist Party or PS [Ousmane Tanor DIENG]; SOPI Coalition (acoalition led by the PDS) [Abdoulaye WADE]; Union for DemocraticRenewal or URD [Djibo Leyti KA]; other small parties
Serbia and MontenegroDemocratic Party or DS [Boris TADIC];Democratic Party of Serbia or DSS [Vojislav KOSTUNICA]; DemocraticParty of Socialists of Montenegro or DPS [Milo DJUKANOVIC];Democratic Serbian Party of Montenegro or DSS [Bozidar BOJOVIC]; G17Plus [Miroljub LABUS]; New Serbia or NS [Velimir ILIC]; LiberalParty of Montenegro or LSCG [Miodrag ZIVKOVIC]; People's Party ofMontenegro or NS [Dragan SOC]; Power of Serbia Movement or PSS[Bogoljub KARIC]; Serbian Radical Party or SRS [Tomislav NIKOLIC];Serbian Renewal Movement or SPO [Vuk DRASKOVIC]; Serbian SocialistParty or SPS (former Communist Party and party of SlobodanMILOSEVIC) [Ivica DACIC, president of Main Board]; Social DemocraticParty of Montenegro or SDP [Ranko KRIVOKAPIC]; Socialist People'sParty of Montenegro or SNP [Predrag BULATOVIC]note: the following political parties participate in elections andinstitutions only in Kosovo, which has been governed by the UN underUNSCR 1244 since 1999: Albanian Christian Democratic Party or PSHDK[Mark KRASNIQI]; Alliance for the Future of Kosovo or AAK [RamushHARADINAJ]; Citizens' Initiative of Serbia or GIS [SlavisaPETKOVIC]; Democratic Ashkali Party of Kosovo or PDAK [SabitRRAHMANI]; Democratic League of Kosovo or LDK [Ibrahim RUGOVA];Democratic Party of Kosovo or PDK [Hashim THACI]; Justice Party ofPD [Sylejman CERKEZI]; Kosovo Democratic Turkish Party of KDTP[Mahir YAGCILAR]; Liberal Party of Kosovo or PLK [Gjergj DEDAJ]; Ora[Veton SURROI]; New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo or IRDK [BislimHOTI]; Party of Democratic Action or SDA [Numan BALIC]; PopularMovement of Kosovo or LPK [Emrush XHEMAJLI]; Prizren-DragasInitiative or PDI [Ismajl KARADOLAMI]; Serb List for Kosovo andMetohija or SLKM [Oliver IVANOVIC]; United Roma Party of Kosovo orPREBK [Haxhi Zylfi MERXHA]; Vakat [leader NA]
SeychellesDemocratic Party or DP [James MANCHAM, Daniel BELLE];Mouvement Seychellois pour la Democratie [Jacques HODOUL];Seychelles National Party or SNP (formerly the United Opposition orUO) [Wavel RAMKALAWAN]; Seychelles People's Progressive Front orSPPF [France Albert RENE, James MICHEL] - the governing party
Sierra LeoneAll People's Congress or APC [Ben KANU]; Peace andLiberation Party or PLP [Darlington MORRISON, interim chairman];Sierra Leone People's Party or SLPP [Sama BANYA]; numerous others
Singaporegoverning party: People's Action Party or PAP [LEE HsienLoong]; opposition parties: Democratic Progressive Party or DPP[LING How Dong]; National Solidarity Party or NSP [vacant] (SDAgroup); Singapore Democratic Alliance or SDA [CHIAM See Tong](includes SPP, PKMS, NSP, SJP); Singapore Democratic Party or SDP[CHEE Soon Juan]; Singapore Justice Party or SJP [Desmond LIM] (SDAgroup); Singapore National Malay Organization or PKMS [Malik ISMAIL](SDA group); Singapore People's Party or SPP [CHIAM See Tong] (SDAgroup); Workers' Party or WP [Sylvia Lim Swee LIAN]
SlovakiaChristian Democratic Movement or KDH [Pavol HRUSOVSKY];Direction (Smer) [Robert FICO]; Free Forum [Zuzana MARTINAKOVA];Movement for Democracy or HZD [Jozef GRAPA]; Movement for aDemocratic Slovakia-People's Party or HZDS-LS [Vladimir MECIAR]; NewCitizens Alliance or ANO [Pavol RUSKO]; Party of the HungarianCoalition or SMK [Bela BUGAR]; People's Union or LU [Gustav KRAJCI];Slovak Communist Party or KSS [Jozef SEVC]; Slovak Democratic andChristian Union or SDKU [Mikulas DZURINDA]; Slovak National Party orSNS [Peter SULOVSKY]
SloveniaDemocratic Party of Retired (Persons) of Slovenia or DeSUS[Anton ROUS]; Liberal Democratic Party or LDS [Anton ROP]; NewSlovenia or NSi [Andrej BAJUK]; Slovene Democratic Party or SDS[Janez JANSA]; Slovene National Party or SNS [Zmago JELINCIC];Slovene People's Party or SLS [Janez PODOBNIK]; Slovene Youth Partyor SMS [Darko KRANJC]; United List of Social Democrats or ZLSD[Borut PAHOR]
Solomon IslandsAssociation of Independents [Snyder RINI]; People'sAlliance Party or PAP [Allan KEMAKEZA]; People's Progressive Partyor PPP [Mannaseh Damukana SOGAVARE]; Solomon Islands Alliance forChange Coalition or SIACC [Bartholomew ULUFA'ALU]; Solomon IslandsLabor Party or SILP [Joses TUHANUKU]note: in general, Solomon Islands politics is characterized by fluidcoalitions
Somalianone
South AfricaAfrican Christian Democratic Party or ACDP [KennethMESHOE, president]; African National Congress or ANC [Thabo MBEKI,president]; Democratic Alliance or DA (formed from the merger of theDemocratic Party or DP and the Freedom Alliance or FA) [AnthonyLEON]; Inkatha Freedom Party or IFP [Mangosuthu BUTHELEZI,president]; Pan-Africanist Congress or PAC [Stanley MOGOBA,president]; United Democratic Movement or UDM [Bantu HOLOMISA]
SpainBasque Nationalist Party or PNV [Josu Jon IMAZ]; CanarianCoalition or CC (a coalition of five parties) [Paulino RIVEROBaute]; Convergence and Union or CiU [Artur MAS i Gavarro] (acoalition of the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia or CDC [ArturMAS i Gavarro] and the Democratic Union of Catalonia or UDC [JosepAntoni DURAN y LLEIDA]); Entesa Catalonia de Progress (a Senatecoalition grouping four Catalan parties - PSC, ERC, ICV, EUA)[leader NA]; Galician Nationalist Bloc or BNG [Anxo ManuelQUINTANA]; Party of Independents from Lanzarote or PIL [Dimas MARTINMartin]; Popular Party or PP [Mariano RAJOY]; Republican Left ofCatalonia or ERC [Josep-Lluis CAROD-ROVIRA]; Spanish SocialistWorkers Party or PSOE [Jose Luis RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO]; United Left orIU (a coalition of parties including the PCE and other smallparties) [Gaspar LLAMAZARES]
Sri LankaAll Ceylon Tamil Congress or ACTC [KUMARGURUPARAM]; CeylonWorkers Congress or CWC [Arumugam THONDAMAN]; Communist Party or CP[D. GUNASEKERA]; Democratic United National (Lalith) Front or DUNLF[Shrimani ATULATHMUDALI]; Eelam People's Democratic Party or EPDP[Douglas DEVANANDA]; Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Frontor EPRLF [Suresh PREMACHANDRAN]; Janatha Vimukthi Perumuna or JVP[Tilvan SILVA]; National Heritage Party or JHU [Tilak KARUNARATNE];National Unity Alliance or NUA [Ferial ASHRAFF]; People's LiberationOrganization of Tamil Eelam or PLOTE [leader NA]; Sihala Urumaya orSU [leader NA]; Sri Lanka Freedom Party or SLFP [ChandrikaBandaranaike KUMARATUNGA]; Sri Lanka Muslim Congress or SLMC [RauffHAKEEM]; Sri Lanka Progressive Front or SLPF [P. Nelson PERERA];Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization or TELO [SABARATNAM]; TamilNational Alliance or TNA [R. SAMPANTHAN]; Tamil United LiberationFront or TULF [V. ANANDASANGAREE]; United National Party or UNP[Ranil WICKREMASINGHE]; Up-country People's Front or UPF [P.CHANDRASEKARAN]; several ethnic Tamil and Muslim parties,represented in either Parliament or provincial councils
Sudanthe government allows political "associations" under a 1998law revised in 2000; to obtain government approval parties mustaccept the constitution and refrain from advocating or usingviolence against the regime; approved parties include the NationalCongress Party or NCP [Ibrahim Ahmed UMAR], Popular NationalCongress or PNC [Hassan al-TURABI], and over 20 minor,pro-government parties
SurinameA-Combinatie (coalition of Brotherhood and Unity inPolitics or BEP [Caprino ALENDY], General Interior Development Partyor ABOP [Ronnie BRUNSWIJK], Progressive Laborers and Farmers Unionor PALU [Jim HOK], Seeka [Paul ABENA]); Alternative-1 or A-1 (acoalition of Democratic Alternative 1991 or DA-91 [WinstonJESSURUN], Democrats of the 21st Century or D-21 [SoewartoMOESTADJA], Nieuw Suriname or NS [Radjen Nanan PANDAY], PoliticalWing of the FAL or PVF [Jiwan SITAL], Trefpunt 2000 or T-2000 [ArtiJESSURUN]); National Democratic Party or NDP [Desire BOUTERSE]; NewFront for Democracy and Development or NF (a coalition includesNational Party Suriname or NPS (Ronald VENETIAAN], United ReformParty or VHP [Ram SARDJOE], Pertjaja Luhur or PL [Salam PaulSOMOHARDJO], Surinamese Labor Party or SPA [Siegfried GILDS]); Partyfor Democracy and Development in Unity or DOE [Marten Schalkwijk];People's Alliance for Progress or VVV (a coalition of DemocraticNational Platform 2000 or DNP-2000 [Jules WIJDENBOSCH], GrassrootsParty for Renewal and Democracy or BVD [Tjan GOBARDHAN], Party forNational Unity and Solidarity of the Highest Order or KTPI [WillySOEMITA], Party for Progression, Justice, and Perserverance or PPRS[Renee KAIMAN], Pendawalima or PL [Raymond SAPOEN]); Union ofProgressive Surinamers or UPS [Sheoradj PANDAY]
Swazilandpolitical parties are banned by the government - thefollowing are considered political associations; Imbokodvo NationalMovement or INM [leader NA]; Ngwane National Liberatory Congress orNNLC [Obed DLAMINI, president]; People's United Democratic Movementor PUDEMO [Mario MASUKU, president]
SwedenCenter Party [Maud OLOFSSON]; Christian Democratic Party[Goran HAGGLUND]; Green Party [no formal leader but partyspokespersons are Maria WETTERSTRAND and Peter ERIKSSON]; Left Partyor V (formerly Communist) [Lars OHLY]; Liberal People's Party [LarsLEIJONBORG]; Moderate Party (conservative) [Fredrik REINFELDT];Social Democratic Party [Goran PERSSON]
SwitzerlandGreen Party (Grune Partei der Schweiz or Grune, PartiEcologiste Suisse or Les Verts, Partito Ecologista Svizzero or IVerdi, Partida Ecologica Svizra or La Verda) [Ruth GENNER];Christian Democratic People's Party (ChristichdemokratischeVolkspartei der Schweiz or CVP, Parti Democrate-Chretien Suisse orPDC, Partito Democratico-Cristiano Popolare Svizzero or PDC, PartidaCristiandemocratica dalla Svizra or PCD) [Doris LEUTHARD,president]; Radical Free Democratic Party (Freisinnig-DemokratischePartei der Schweiz or FDP, Parti Radical-Democratique Suisse or PRD,Partitio Liberal-Radicale Svizzero or PLR) [MarianneKLEINER-SCHLAEPFER, president]; Social Democratic Party(Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz or SPS, Parti SocialistSuisse or PSS, Partito Socialista Svizzero or PSS, PartidaSocialdemocratica de la Svizra or PSS) [Hans-Juerg FEHR, president];Swiss People's Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei or SVP, UnionDemocratique du Centre or UDC, Unione Democratica de Centro or UDC,Uniun Democratica dal Center or UDC) [Ueli MAURER, president]; andother minor parties
SyriaArab Socialist Unionist Movement [Ahmed al-AHMED]; NationalProgressive Front or NPF (includes Arab Socialist Renaissance(Ba'th) Party; the governing party) [President Bashar al-ASAD,secretary general]; Socialist Unionist Democratic Party [FadlallalNasr Al-DIN]; Syrian Arab Socialist Party or ASP [Safwan QUDSI];Syrian Communist Party (two branches) [Wissal Farha BAKDASH, YuusufRashid FAYSAL]; Syrian Social National Party [Jubran URAYJI];Unionist Socialist Party [Fayez ISMAIL]
TaiwanDemocratic Progressive Party or DPP [SU Tseng-chang,chairman]; Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [MA Ying-jeou,chairman]; People First Party or PFP [James SOONG (SOONG Chu-yu),chairman]; Taiwan Solidarity Union or TSU [SU Chin-chiang,chairman]; other minor parties including the Chinese New Party or CNP
TajikistanDemocratic Party or DPT [Mahmadruzi ISKANDAROV]; IslamicRevival Party [Said Abdullo NURI]; People's Democratic Party ofTajikistan or PDPT [Emomali RAHMONOV]; Social Democratic Party orSDPT [Rahmatullo ZOIROV]; Socialist Party or SPT [MirhuseynNAZRIYEV]; Tajik Communist Party or CPT [Shodi SHABDOLOV]
TanzaniaChama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Party of Democracy andDevelopment) or CHADEMA [Bob MAKANI]; Chama Cha Mapinduzi or CCM(Revolutionary Party) [Benjamin William MKAPA]; Civic United Frontor CUF [Ibrahim LIPUMBA]; Democratic Party (unregistered)[Christopher MTIKLA]; Tanzania Labor Party or TLP [AugustineLyatonga MREME]; United Democratic Party or UDP [John CHEYO]
ThailandDemocrat Party or DP (Prachathipat Party) [ABHISITWetchachiwa]; People's Party or PP (Mahachon Party) [ANEKLaothamatas]; Thai Nation Party or TNP (Chat Thai Party) [BARNHARNSILPA-ARCHA]; Thai Rak Thai Party or TRT [THAKSIN Chinnawat]
TogoJuvento [Monsilia DJATO]; Movement of the Believers of Peaceand Equality or MOCEP [leader NA]; Rally for the Support forDevelopment and Democracy or RSDD [Harry OLYMPIO]; Rally of theTogolese People or RPT [Faure GNASSINGBE]; Union for Democracy andSocial Progress or UDPS [Gagou KOKOU]note: Rally of the Togolese People or RPT, led by PresidentGNASSINGBE, was the only party until the formation of multipleparties was legalized 12 April 1991
Tokelaunone
Tongathere are no political parties
Trinidad and TobagoNational Alliance for Reconstruction or NAR[Lennox SANKERSINGH]; People's National Movement or PNM [PatrickMANNING]; Team Unity or TU [Ramesh MAHARAJ]; United NationalCongress or UNC [Basdeo PANDAY]; Democratic Action Committee or DAC[Hochoy CHARLES], note - only active in Tobago
TunisiaAl-Tajdid Movement [Ali HALOUANI]; Constitutional DemocraticRally Party (Rassemblement Constitutionnel Democratique) or RCD[President Zine El Abidine BEN ALI (official ruling party)]; LiberalSocial Party or PSL [Mounir BEJI]; Movement of Socialist Democratsor MDS [Ismail BOULAHYA]; Popular Unity Party or PUP [MohamedBOUCHIHA]; Progressive Democratic Party [Nejib CHEBBI]; UnionistDemocratic Union or UDU [Abderrahmane TLILI]
TurkeyDemocratic Left Party or DSP [Mehmet Zeki SEZER]; DemocraticPeople's Party or DEHAP [Tuncer BAKIRHAN]; Justice and DevelopmentParty or AKP [Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN]; Liberal Democratic Party or LDP[Emin SIRIN]; Motherland Party or ANAP [Ali Talip OZDEMIR];Nationalist Action Party or MHP [Devlet BAHCELI]; RepublicanPeople's Party or CHP (includes the New Turkey Party) [DenizBAYKAL]; Felicity Party (sometimes translated as Contentment Party)or SP [Necmettin ERBEKAN]; Social Democratic People's Party or SHP[Murat KARAYALCIN]; True Path Party (sometimes translated as CorrectWay Party) or DYP [Mehmet AGAR]note: the parties listed above are some of the more significant ofthe 49 parties that Turkey had on 1 December 2004
TurkmenistanDemocratic Party of Turkmenistan or DPT [SaparmuratNIYAZOV]note: formal opposition parties are outlawed; unofficial, smallopposition movements exist underground or in foreign countries; thetwo most prominent opposition groups-in-exile have been Gundogar andErkin; Gundogar was led by former Foreign Minister BorisSHIKHMURADOV until his arrest and imprisonment in the wake of the 25November 2002 assassination attempt on President NIYAZOV; Erkin isled by former Foreign Minister Abdy KULIEV and is based out ofMoscow; the Union of Democratic Forces, a coalition ofopposition-in-exile groups, is based in Europe
Turks and Caicos IslandsPeople's Democratic Movement or PDM [DerekH. TAYLOR]; Progressive National Party or PNP [Michael Eugene MISICK]
Tuvaluthere are no political parties but members of Parliamentusually align themselves in informal groupings
Ugandaonly one political organization, the Movement (formerly theNRM) [President MUSEVENI, chairman] is allowed to operateunfettered; note - the president maintains that the Movement is nota political party, but a mass organization, which claims the loyaltyof all Ugandansnote: the constitution requires the suspension of political partieswhile the Movement organization is in governance; of the politicalparties that exist but are prohibited from sponsoring candidates,the most important are the Ugandan People's Congress or UPC [MiltonOBOTE]; Democratic Party or DP [Paul SSEMOGERERE]; ConservativeParty or CP [Ken LUKYAMUZI]; Justice Forum [Muhammad KibirigeMAYANJA]; and National Democrats Forum [Chapaa KARUHANGA]
UkraineAgrarian Party [Volodymyr LYTVYN]; Communist Party ofUkraine or CPU [Petro SYMONENKO]; Democratic Initiatives [StepanHAVRYSH]; Industrialists and Entrepreneurs [Anatoliy KINAKH]; OurUkraine bloc (comprised of several parties the most prominent ofwhich are Rukh, the Ukrainian People's Party, Reforms and Order, andSolidarity) [Viktor YUSHCHENKO]; People's Democratic Party or PDP[Valeriy PUSTOVOYTENKO]; Regions of Ukraine [Viktor YANUKOVYCH];Socialist Party of Ukraine or SPU [Oleksandr MOROZ, chairman];United Social Democratic Party [Viktor MEDVEDCHUK]; Working Ukraine[Serhiy TYHYPKO]; Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc [Yuliya TYMOSHENKO]note: as well as numerous smaller parties; United Ukraine and CenterGroup are not actual political parties, but rather deputy groups(factions not based on a party)
United Arab Emiratesnone
United KingdomConservative and Unionist Party [Michael HOWARD];Democratic Unionist Party (Northern Ireland) [Rev. Ian PAISLEY];Labor Party [Anthony (Tony) BLAIR]; Liberal Democrats [CharlesKENNEDY]; Party of Wales (Plaid Cymru) [Dafydd IWAN]; ScottishNational Party or SNP [Alex SALMOND]; Sinn Fein (Northern Ireland)[Gerry ADAMS]; Social Democratic and Labor Party or SDLP (NorthernIreland) [Mark DURKAN]; Ulster Unionist Party (Northern Ireland)[Sir Reg EMPEY]
United StatesDemocratic Party [Howard DEAN]; Green Party [leaderNA]; Libertarian Party [Steve DAMERELL]; Republican Party [KenMEHLMAN]
UruguayColorado Party [Jorge BATLLE Ibanez]; National Party orBlanco [Luis Alberto LACALLE Herrera]; New Sector/Space Coalition(Nuevo Espacio) [Rafael MICHELINI]; Progressive Encounter/BroadFront Coalition (Encuentro Progresista/Frente Amplio) or EP-FA[Tabare VAZQUEZ]; Independent Party (Partido Independiente) [leaderNA]
UzbekistanAdolat (Justice) Social Democratic Party [DiloromTOSHMUHAMMADOVA, chairman]; Democratic National Rebirth Party (MillyTiklanish) or MTP [Xurshid DOSTMUHAMMADOV, chief]; LiberalDemocratic Party of Uzbekistan or LDPU [Adham SHODMONOV, chairman];People's Democratic Party or NDP (formerly Communist Party)[Asliddin RUSTAMOV, first secretary]; Self-Sacrificers Party orFidokorlar National Democratic Party [Ahtam TURSUNOV, chief]; note -Fatherland Progress Party merged with Self-Sacrificers Party
VanuatuJon Frum Movement [Song KEASPAI]; Melanesian ProgressiveParty or MPP [Barak SOPE]; National United Party or NUP [leader NA];Union of Moderate Parties or UMP [Serge VOHOR]; Vanua'aku Pati (OurLand Party) or VP [Edward NATAPEI]; Vanuatu Republican Party or VRP[Maxime Carlot KORMAN]; Vanuatu Greens Party or VGP [Moana CARCASSES]
VenezuelaDemocratic Action or AD [Jesus MENDEZ Quijada]; FifthRepublic Movement or MVR [Hugo CHAVEZ]; Homeland for All or PPT[Jose ALBORNOZ]; Justice First [Julio BORGES]; Movement TowardSocialism or MAS [Hector MUJICA]; National Convergence orConvergencia [Juan Jose CALDERA]; Radical Cause or La Causa R[Andres VELASQUEZ]; Social Christian Party or COPEI [EduardoFERNANDEZ]; Venezuela Project or PV [Henrique SALAS Romer]
Vietnamonly party - Communist Party of Vietnam or CPV [Nong DucMANH, general secretary]
Virgin IslandsDemocratic Party [Arturo WATLINGTON]; IndependentCitizens' Movement or ICM [Usie RICHARDS]; Republican Party [GarySPRAUVE]
Wallis and FutunaLua Kae Tahi (Giscardians) [leader NA]; Mouvementdes Radicaux de Gauche or MRG [leader NA]; Rally for the Republic orRPR [Clovis LOGOLOGOFOLAU]; Taumu'a Lelei [Soane Muni UHILA]; UnionPopulaire Locale or UPL [Falakiko GATA]; Union Pour la DemocratieFrancaise or UDF [leader NA]
Yementhere are more than 12 political parties active in Yemen, someof the more prominent are: General People's Congress or GPC[President Ali Abdallah SALIH]; Islamic Reform Grouping or Islah[Shaykh Abdallah bin Husayn al-AHMAR]; Nasserite Unionist Party[Abdel Malik al-MAKHLAFI]; National Arab Socialist Ba'th Party [Dr.Qassim SALAAM]; Yemeni Socialist Party or YSP [Ali Salih MUQBIL]note: President SALIH's General People's Congress or GPC won alandslide victory in the April 1997 legislative election and nolonger governs in coalition with Shaykh Abdallah bin Husaynal-AHMAR's Islamic Reform Grouping or Islah - the two parties hadbeen in coalition since the end of the civil war in 1994; the YSP, aloyal opposition party, represents the remnants of the former SouthYemeni leadership; leaders of the 1994 secessionist movement havebeen pardoned by President SALIH and some are now returning to Yemenfrom exile
ZambiaAgenda for Zambia or AZ [Inonge MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKA]; Forumfor Democracy and Development or FDD [Christon TEMBO]; HeritageParty or HP [Godfrey MIYANDA]; Liberal Progressive Front or LPF[Roger CHONGWE, president]; Movement for Multiparty Democracy or MMD[Levy MWANAWASA, acting president]; National Leadership forDevelopment or NLD [Yobert SHAMAPANDE]; National Party or NP [Dr.Sam CHIPUNGU]; Patriotic Front or PF [Michael SATA]; ZambianRepublican Party or ZRP [Benjamin MWILA]; Social Democratic Party orSDP [Gwendoline KONIE]; United National Independence Party or UNIP[Francis NKHOMA, president]; United Party for National Developmentor UPND [Anderson MAZOKA]
ZimbabweMovement for Democratic Change or MDC [Morgan TSVANGIRAI];National Alliance for Good Governance or NAGG [Shakespeare MAYA];United Parties [Abel MUZOREWA]; Zimbabwe African NationalUnion-Ndonga or ZANU-Ndonga [Wilson KUMBULA]; Zimbabwe AfricanNational Union-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Robert Gabriel MUGABE];Zimbabwe African Peoples Union or ZAPU [Agrippa MADLELA]
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@2119 Population
Afghanistan29,928,987 (July 2005 est.)
Akrotirino indigenous inhabitantsnote: approximately 1,300 military personnel are on the base; thereare another 5,000 British citizens who are families of militarypersonnel or civilian staff on both Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Cypruscitizens work on the base, but do not live there
Albania3,563,112 (July 2005 est.)
Algeria32,531,853 (July 2005 est.)
American Samoa57,881 (July 2005 est.)
Andorra70,549 (July 2005 est.)
Angola11,190,786 (July 2005 est.)
Anguilla13,254 (July 2005 est.)
Antarcticano indigenous inhabitants, but there are both permanentand summer-only staffed research stationsnote: 26 nations, all signatory to the Antarctic Treaty, operateseasonal (summer) and year-round research stations on the continentand in its surrounding oceans; the population of persons doing andsupporting science on the continent and its nearby islands south of60 degrees south latitude (the region covered by the AntarcticTreaty) varies from approximately 4,000 in summer to 1,000 inwinter; in addition, approximately 1,000 personnel including ship'screw and scientists doing onboard research are present in the watersof the treaty region; summer (January) population - 3,687 total;Argentina 302, Australia 201, Belgium 13, Brazil 80, Bulgaria 16,Chile 352, China 70, Finland 11, France 100, Germany 51, India 60,Italy 106, Japan 136, South Korea 14, Netherlands 10, NZ 60, Norway40, Peru 28, Poland 70, Russia 254, South Africa 80, Spain 43,Sweden 20, UK 192, US 1,378 (1998-99); winter (July) population -964 total; Argentina 165, Australia 75, Brazil 12, Chile 129, China33, France 33, Germany 9, India 25, Japan 40, South Korea 14, NZ 10,Poland 20, Russia 102, South Africa 10, UK 39, US 248 (1998-99);research stations operated within the Antarctic Treaty area (southof 60 degrees south) by members of the Council of Managers ofNational Antarctic Programs (COMNAP): year-round stations - 38total; Argentina 6, Australia 3, Brazil 1, Chile 4, China 2, France1, Germany 1, India 1, Japan 1, South Korea 1, NZ 1, Poland 1,Russia 6, South Africa 1, Ukraine 1, UK 2, US 3, Uruguay 1, Italyand France jointly 1 (2005); summer-only stations - 34 total;Argentina 8, Australia 2, Bulgaria 1, Chile 5, Ecuador 1, Finland 1,Germany 2, Italy 1, Japan 3, Norway 2, Peru 1, Russia 2, SouthAfrica 1, Spain 2, Sweden 1, UK 1 (2004-2005); in addition, duringthe austral summer some nations have numerous occupied locationssuch as tent camps, summer-long temporary facilities, and mobiletraverses in support of research
Antigua and Barbuda68,722 (July 2005 est.)
Argentina39,537,943 (July 2005 est.)
Armenia2,982,904 (July 2005 est.)
Aruba71,566 (July 2005 est.)
Ashmore and Cartier Islands no indigenous inhabitants note: Indonesian fishermen are allowed access to the lagoon and fresh water at Ashmore Reef's West Island (July 2005 est.)
Australia20,090,437 (July 2005 est.)
Austria8,184,691 (July 2005 est.)
Azerbaijan7,911,974 (July 2005 est.)
Bahamas, The301,790note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Bahrain688,345note: includes 235,108 non-nationals (July 2005 est.)
Baker Islanduninhabitednote: American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air andnaval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military duringWorld War II, but abandoned after the war; public entry is byspecial-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only andgenerally restricted to scientists and educators; a cemetery andremnants of structures from early settlement are located near themiddle of the west coast; visited annually by US Fish and WildlifeService (2005 est.)
Bangladesh144,319,628 (July 2005 est.)
Barbados279,254 (July 2005 est.)
Bassas da Indiauninhabited (July 2005 est.)
Belarus10,300,483 (July 2005 est.)
Belgium10,364,388 (July 2005 est.)
Belize279,457 (July 2005 est.)
Benin7,460,025note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Bermuda65,365 (July 2005 est.)
Bhutan 2,232,291 note: other estimates range as low as 810,000 (July 2005 est.)
Bolivia8,857,870 (July 2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina4,025,476 (July 2005 est.)
Botswana1,640,115note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Bouvet Islanduninhabited (July 2005 est.)
Brazil186,112,794note: Brazil took a count in August 2000, which reported apopulation of 169,799,170; that figure was about 3.3% lower thanprojections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the impliedunderenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census; estimates for thiscountry explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortalitydue to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infantmortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, andchanges in the distribution of population by age and sex than wouldotherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
British Indian Ocean Territoryno indigenous inhabitantsnote: approximately 1,200 former agricultural workers resident inthe Chagos Archipelago, often referred to as Chagossians or Ilois,were relocated to Mauritius and the Seychelles in the 1960s and1970s, in November 2000 they were granted the right of return by aBritish High Court ruling, though no timetable has been set; in2001, there were approximately 1,500 UK and US military personneland 2,000 civilian contractors living on the island of Diego Garcia(July 2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands22,643 (July 2005 est.)
Brunei372,361 (July 2005 est.)
Bulgaria7,450,349 (July 2005 est.)
Burkina Faso13,925,313note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Burma42,909,464note: estimates for this country take into account the effects ofexcess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower lifeexpectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Burundi6,370,609note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Cambodia13,607,069note: estimates for this country take into account the effects ofexcess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower lifeexpectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Cameroon16,380,005note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Canada32,805,041 (July 2005 est.)
Cape Verde418,224 (July 2005 est.)
Cayman Islands44,270 (July 2005 est.)
Central African Republic3,799,897note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Chad9,826,419 (July 2005 est.)
Chile15,980,912 (July 2005 est.)
China1,306,313,812 (July 2005 est.)
Christmas Island361 (July 2005 est.)
Clipperton Islanduninhabited (July 2005 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands628 (July 2005 est.)
Colombia42,954,279 (July 2005 est.)
Comoros671,247 (July 2005 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the60,085,804note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Congo, Republic of the3,039,126note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Cook Islands21,388 (July 2005 est.)
Coral Sea Islandsno indigenous inhabitantsnote: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorologicalstation (2005 est.)
Costa Rica4,016,173 (July 2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire17,298,040note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Croatia4,495,904 (July 2005 est.)
Cuba11,346,670 (July 2005 est.)
Cyprus780,133 (July 2005 est.)
Czech Republic10,241,138 (July 2005 est.)
Denmark5,432,335 (July 2005 est.)
Dhekeliano indigenous personnelnote: approximately 2,200 military personnel are on the base; thereare another 5,000 British citizens who are families of militarypersonnel or civilian staff on both the bases of Akrotiri andDhekelia; Cyprus citizens work on the base, but do not live there
Djibouti476,703 (July 2005 est.)
Dominica69,029 (July 2005 est.)
Dominican Republic8,950,034 (July 2005 est.)
East Timor 1,040,880 note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2005 est.)
Ecuador13,363,593 (July 2005 est.)
Egypt77,505,756 (July 2005 est.)
El Salvador6,704,932 (July 2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea535,881 (July 2005 est.)
Eritrea4,561,599 (July 2005 est.)
Estonia1,332,893 (July 2005 est.)
Ethiopia73,053,286note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Europa Islandno indigenous inhabitantsnote: there is a small French military garrison and a fewmeteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2005 est.)
European Union456,953,258 (July 2005 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)2,967 (July 2005 est.)
Faroe Islands46,962 (July 2005 est.)
Fiji893,354 (July 2005 est.)
Finland5,223,442 (July 2005 est.)
France60,656,178 (July 2005 est.)
French Guiana195,506 (July 2005 est.)
French Polynesia270,485 (July 2005 est.)
French Southern and Antarctic Landsno indigenous inhabitants (July2005 est.)note: in 2002, there were 145 researchers whose numbers vary fromwinter (July) to summer (January) (July 2005 est.)
Gabon1,389,201note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Gambia, The1,593,256 (July 2005 est.)
Gaza Strip1,376,289note: in addition, there are more than 5,000 Israeli settlers in theGaza Strip (July 2005 est.)
Georgia4,677,401 (July 2005 est.)
Germany82,431,390 (July 2005 est.)
Ghana21,029,853note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Gibraltar27,884 (July 2005 est.)
Glorioso Islandsno indigenous inhabitantsnote: there is a small French military garrison along with a fewmeteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2005 est.)
Greece10,668,354 (July 2005 est.)
Greenland56,375 (July 2005 est.)
Grenada89,502 (July 2005 est.)
Guadeloupe448,713 (July 2005 est.)
Guam168,564 (July 2005 est.)
Guatemala14,655,189 (July 2005 est.)
Guernsey65,228 (July 2005 est.)
Guinea9,467,866 (July 2005 est.)
Guinea-Bissau1,416,027 (July 2005 est.)
Guyana765,283note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)
Haiti8,121,622note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2005 est.)