MozambiqueFront for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frente deLiberatacao de Mocambique) or FRELIMO [Armando Emilio GUEBUZA];Mozambique National Resistance-Electoral Union (Resistencia NacionalMocambicana-Uniao Eleitoral) or RENAMO-UE [Afonso DHLAKAMA]
NamibiaCongress of Democrats or COD [Ben ULENGA]; DemocraticTurnhalle Alliance of Namibia or DTA [Katuutire KAURA]; MonitorAction Group or MAG [Jurie VILJOEN]; National Democratic Movementfor Change or NamDMC; National Unity Democratic Organization or NUDO[Kuaima RIRUAKO]; Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP [HidipoHAMUTENYA]; Republican Party or RP [Henk MUDGE]; South West AfricaNational Union or SWANU [Rihupisa KANDANDO]; South West AfricaPeople's Organization or SWAPO [Hifikepunye POHAMBA]; UnitedDemocratic Front or UDF [Justus GAROEB]
NauruDemocratic Party [Kennan ADEANG]; Nauru Party (informal);Nauru First (Naoero Amo) Party; note - loose multiparty system
NepalChure Bhawar Rastriya Ekata Party [Keshav Prasad MAINALI];Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) [Pushpa Kamal DAHAL, also known asPRACHANDA, chairman; Dr. Baburam BHATTARAI]; Communist Party ofNepal (ML) [C.P. MAINALI]; Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) [RajSingh SHRIS]; Communist Party of Nepal (United) [Ganesh SHAH];Communist Party of Nepal/United Marxist-Leninist or CPN/UML [AmritKumar BOHARA]; Dalit Janajati Party [Vishwendraman PASHWAN];Janamorcha Nepal [Amik SHERCHAN]; Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum[Upendra YADAV]; National Democratic Party or NDP [PashupatiShumsher RANA] (also called Rastriya Prajatantra Party or RPP);Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal [Upendra GACHCHHADAR]; Nepal PariwarDal [Vinod DANGI]; Nepal Rastriya Party [Khushilal YADAV]; NepalSadbhavana Party (Anandi Devi) [Shyam Sundar GUPTA]; Nepal Workersand Peasants Party or NWPP [Narayan Man BIJUKCHHE]; Nepali CongressParty or NCP [Girija Prasad KOIRALA]; Nepali Janata Dal [BharatPrasad MAHATO]; Rastriya Janamorcha [Chitra BAHADUR K.C.]; RastriyaJanamukti Party [Malwar Singh THAPA]; Rastriya Janashakti Party orRJP [Surya Bahadur THAPA] (split from RPP in March 2005); RastriyaPrajatantra Party Nepal [Kamal THAPA]; Sadbhavana Party (Mahato)[Rajendra MAHATO]; Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party Nepal [PremBahadur SINGH]; Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch [KamalCHHARAHANG]; Terai Madhesi Democratic Party [Mahantha THAKUR]
NetherlandsChristian Democratic Appeal or CDA [Jan PeterBALKENENDE]; Christian Union Party [Andre ROUVOET]; Democrats 66 orD66 [Alexander PECHTOLD]; Green Left Party [Femke HALSEMA]; LaborParty or PvdA [Wouter BOS]; Party for Freedom or PVV [GeertWILDERS]; Party for the Animals or PvdD [Marianne THIEME]; People'sParty for Freedom and Democracy (Liberal) or VVD [Mark RUTTE];Reformed Political Party of SGP [Bas VAN DER VLIES]; Socialist Party[Jan MARIJNISSEN]; plus a few minor parties
Netherlands AntillesBonaire: Democratic Party of Bonaire or PDB[Jopi ABRAHAM]; Patriotic Union of Bonaire or UPB [Ramonsito BOOI]Curacao: Ban Vota [Norbert GEORGE]; C-93 [Stanley BROWN]; DemocraticParty of Curacao or DP [Errol HERNANDEZ]; E Mayoria [Aurelio PEDRO];Forsa Korsou [Nelson NAVARRO]; Liste Ni'un Paso Atras [NelsonPIERRE]; Movemiento Patriotiko Korsou [Reginald LAK]; New AntillesMovement or MAN [Charles COOPER]; Partido Akshon Pa Prosperidat ISeguridat [Sonja BERKEMEYER]; Partido Laboral Krusada Popular orPLKP [Errol COVA]; Party for the Restructured Antilles or PAR [Emilyde JONGH-ELHAGE]; People's National Party or PNP [Ersilia DELANNOOY]; Pidjin [Jasmin PINEDO]; Pueblo Soberano [Herman WIELS];Workers' Liberation Front or FOL [Anthony GODETT]Saba: Saba Labor Party [Akilah LEVENSTONE]; Windward IslandsPeople's Movement or WIPM [Ray HASSELL]Sint Eustatius: Democratic Party of Sint Eustatius or DP-St. E[Julian WOODLEY]; Progressive Labor Party [Clyde VAN PUTTEN]; St.Eustatius Alliance [Ingrid HOUTMAN-WHITFIELD]Sint Maarten: Democratic Party of Sint Maarten or DP-St. M [SarahWESCOTT-WILLIAMS]; Freedom Slate of National Democratic Party[Theophilus PRIEST]; National Alliance or NA [William MARLIN];People's Progressive Alliance or PPA [Gracita ARRINDELL]; St.Maarten People's Party [Johan LEONARD]; United People's Labor Party[Bienvenido RICHARDSON]note: political parties are indigenous to each island
New CaledoniaAlliance pour la Caledonie or APLC [Didier LE ROUX];Caledonian Union or UC; Federation des Comites de Coordination desIndependantistes or FCCI [Francois BURCK]; Front National or FN [GuyGEORGE]; Front Uni de Liberation Kanak or FULK [Ernest UNE]; KanakSocialist Front for National Liberation or FLNKS (includes PALIKA,UNI, UC, and UPM); Parti de Liberation Kanak or PALIKA [PaulNEAOUTYINE and Elie POIGOUNE]; Rally for Caledonia in the Republic(anti independence) or RPCR-UMP [Jacques LAFLEUR]; The FutureTogether or AE [Harold MARTIN]; Union Nationale pour l'Independanceor UNI [Paul NEAOUTYINE]; note - may no longer exist, but PaulNEAOUTYINE has since become a president of Parti de Liberation Kanakor PALIKA; Union Progressiste Melanesienne or UPM [Victor TUTUGORO]
New ZealandACT New Zealand [Rodney HIDE]; Green Party [JeanetteFITZSIMONS]; Maori Party [Whatarangi WINIATA]; National Party or NP[John KEY]; New Zealand First Party or NZFP [Winston PETERS]; NewZealand Labor Party or NZLP [Phil GOFF]; Progressive Party [James(Jim) ANDERTON]; United Future or UF [Peter DUNNE]
NicaraguaConservative Party or PC [Azalia AVILES Salmeron]; LiberalConstitutionalist Party or PLC [Jorge CASTILLO Quant]; NicaraguanLiberal Alliance or ALN [Eduardo MONTEALEGRE]; Sandinista NationalLiberation Front or FSLN [Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra]; SandinistaRenovation Movement or MRS [Enrique SAENZ Navarrete]
NigerDemocratic and Social Convention-Rahama or CDS-Rahama[Mahamane OUSMANE]; National Movement for a DevelopingSociety-Nassara or MNSD-Nassara [Hama AMADOU]; Niger SocialDemocratic Party or PSDN; Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and SocialProgress-Zaman Lahiya or ANDP-Zaman Lahiya [Moumouni DJERMAKOYE];Nigerien Party for Autonomy or PNA-Alouma'a [Sanousi JACKOU];Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism or PNDS-Tarrayya [IssifouMAHAMADOU]; Nigerien Progressive Party or PPN-RDA [Abdoulaye DIORI];Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP-jama'a [Hamid ALGABID];Social and Democratic Rally or RSD-Gaskiyya [Cheiffou AMADOU]
NigeriaAccord Party [Ikra Aliyu BILBIS]; Action Congress or AC[Hassan ZUMI]; Alliance for Democracy or AD [Mojisoluwa AKINFENWA];All Nigeria Peoples' Party or ANPP [Edwin UME-EZEOKE]; AllProgressives Grand Alliance or APGA [Victor C. UMEH]; DemocraticPeople's Party or DPP [Jeremiah USENI]; Fresh Democratic Party[Chris OKOTIE]; Labor Party [Dan NWANYANWU]; Movement for theRestoration and Defense of Democracy or MRDD [Mohammed GamboJIMETA]; National Democratic Party or NDP [Aliyu Habu FARI]; PeoplesDemocratic Party or PDP [vacant]; Peoples Progressive Alliance[Clement EBRI]; Peoples Redemption Party or PRP [Abdulkadir BalarabeMUSA]; Peoples Salvation Party or PSP [Lawal MAITURARE]; UnitedNigeria Peoples Party or UNPP [Mallam Selah JAMBO]
NiueAlliance of Independents or AI; Niue People's Action Party orNPP [Young VIVIAN]
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Northern Mariana IslandsCovenant Party [Benigno R. FITIAL];Democratic Party [Dr. Carlos S. CAMACHO]; Republican Party [Juan S.REYES]
NorwayCenter Party [Aslaug Marie HAGA]; Christian People's Party[Dagfinn HOYBRATEN]; Conservative Party [Erna SOLBERG]; Labor Party[Jens STOLTENBERG]; Liberal Party [Lars SPONHEIM]; Progress Party[Siv JENSEN]; Socialist Left Party [Kristin HALVORSEN]
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PakistanAwami National Party or ANP [Asfandyar Wali KHAN];Balochistan National Party-Hayee Group or BNP-H [Dr. Hayee BALOCH];Balochistan National Party-Awami or BNP-A [Moheem Khan BALOCH];Balochistan National Party-Mengal or BNP-M [Sardar Ataullah MENGAL];Jamhoori Watan Party or JWP; Jamiat Ahle Hadith or JAH [Sajid MIR];Jamaat-i Islami or JI [Qazi Hussain AHMED]; Jamiat Ulema-i IslamFazlur Rehman or JUI-F [Fazlur REHMAN]; Jamiat Ulema-i Islam Sami-ulHAQ or JUI-S [Sami ul-HAQ]; Jamiat Ulema-i Pakistan or JUP [ShahFaridul HAQ]; Muttahida Majlis-e Amal or MMA [Qazi Hussain AHMED];Muttahida Qaumi Movement or MQM [Altaf HUSSAIN]; National Allianceor NA [Ghulam Mustapha JATOI] (merged with PML); National PeoplesParty or NPP; Pakhtun Khwa Milli Awami Party or PKMAP [Mahmood KhanACHAKZAI]; Pakistan Awami Tehrik or PAT [Tahir ul QADRI]; PakistanMuslim League-Functional or PML-F [Pir PAGARO]; Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz Sharif or PML-N [Nawaz SHARIF]; Pakistan Muslim Leagueor PML [Chaudhry Shujaat HUSSAIN]; Pakistan Peoples Party-SHERPAO orPPP-S [Aftab Ahmed Khan SHERPAO]; Pakistan Peoples PartyParliamentarians or PPPP [Bilawal Bhutto ZARDARI, chairman; Asif AliZARDARI, co-chairman]; Pakistan Tehrik-e Insaaf or 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 [Hugo GUIRAUD]; Nationalist RepublicanLiberal Movement or MOLIRENA [Gisela CHUNG]; Panamenista Party or PA[Juan Carlos VARELA] (formerly the Arnulfista Party); PatrioticUnion Party or PU (combination of the Liberal National Party or PLNand the Solidarity Party or PS)[Jose Raul MULINO and AnibalGALINDO]; Popular Party or PP [Rene ORILLAC] (formerly ChristianDemocratic Party or PDC)
Papua New GuineaNational Alliance Party or NA [Michael SOMARE];Papua and Niugini Union Party or PANGU PATI [Andrew KUMBAKOR]; PapuaNew Guinea Party or PNGP [Sir Mekere MORAUTA]; People's DemocraticMovement or PDM [Michael OGIO]; People's Action Party or PAP[Gabriel KAPRIS]; United Resources Party or URP [William DUMA] (2007)
ParaguayAlianza Patriotica por el Cambio (Patriotic Alliance forChange) or APC [Fernando LUGO]; Asociacion Nacional Republicana -Colorado Party or ANR [Jose Alberto ALDERETE]; Movimiento UnionNacional de Ciudadanos Eticos or UNACE [Enrique GONZALEZ Quintana];Patria Querida (Beloved Fatherland Party) or PPQ [Pedro NicolasMaraa FADUL Niella]; Partido del Movimiento al Socialismo or P-MAS;Partido Encuentro Nacional or PEN [Emilio CAMACHO Paredes]; PartidoLiberal Radical Autentico or PLRA [Blas LLANO]; Partido PaisSolidario or PPS [Carlos Alberto FILIZZOLA Pallares]
PeruAlliance For Progress (Alianza Para El Progreso) [Cesar ACUNAPeralta]; Alliance For The Future (Alianza Por El Futuro) or AF (acoalition of pro-FUJIMORI parties including Cambio 90, NuevaMayoria, and Si Cumple); Central Front (Frente Del Centro) or FC (acoalition of Accion Popular, Somos Peru, and Coordinadora Nacionalde Independientes) [Victor Andres GARCIA Belaunde]; NationalRenovation Party (Partido Renovacion Nacional) [Rafael REY];National Restoration Party (Restauracion Nacional) or RN [HumbertoLAY Sun]; National Unity (Unidad Nacional) or UN (a coalition ofPartido Popular Cristiano and Partido Solidaridad Nacional) [LourdesFLORES Nano]; Peru Possible (Peru Posible) or PP [Alejandro TOLEDOManrique]; Peruvian Aprista Party (Partido Aprista Peruano) or PAP[Alan GARCIA] (also referred to by its original name Alianza PopularRevolucionaria Americana or APRA); Peruvian Nationalist Party(Partido Nacionalista Peruano) or PNP [Ollanta HUMALA Tasso]; Unionfor Peru (Union por el Peru) or UPP [Aldo ESTRADA Choque]
PhilippinesGenuine Opposition or GO (coalition of oppositon partiesformed to contest the 2007 elections); Kabalikat Ng MalayangPilipino or Kampi [Ronaldo PUNO]; Laban Ng Demokratikong Pilipino(Struggle of Filipino Democrats) or LDP [Edgardo ANGARA]; Lakas NgEdsa (National Union of Christian Democrats) or Lakas [Jose DEVENECIA]; Liberal Party or LP [Manuel ROXAS]; Nacionalista [ManuelVILLAR]; National People's Coalition or NPC [Frisco SAN JUAN];PDP-Laban [Aquilino PIMENTEL]; People's Reform Party [MiriamDefensor SANTIAGO]; PROMDI [Emilio OSMENA]; Pwersa Ng MasangPilipino (Party of the Philippine Masses) or PMP [Joseph ESTRADA];Reporma [Renato DE VILLA]
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PolandCivic Platform or PO [Donald TUSK]; Democratic Left Allianceor SLD [Grzegorz NAPIERALSKI]; Democratic Party or PD [JanuszONYSZKIEWICZ]; German Minority of Lower Silesia or MNSO [HenrykKROLL]; Law and Justice or PiS [Jaroslaw KACZYNSKI]; League ofPolish Families or LPR [Sylwester CHRUSZCZ]; Left and Democrats orLiD [Wojciech OLEJNICZAK] (a coalition formed by the SLD, PD, SDPL,and UP); Polish People's Party or PSL [Waldemar PAWLAK]; Samoobronaor SO [Andrzej LEPPER]; Social Democratic Party of Poland or SDPL[Bartosz DOMINIK, acting]; Union of Labor or UP [Andrzej SPYCHALSKI]
PortugalDemocratic and Social Center/Popular Party or CDS/PP [PauloPORTAS]; Green Ecologist Party (The Greens) or PEV [leadershipcommission elected by members]; Portuguese Communist Party or PCP[Jeronimo DE SOUSA]; Portuguese Socialist Party or PS [Jose SOCRATESCarvalho Pinto de Sousa]; Social Democratic Party or PSD [ManuelaFERREIRA Leite]; The Left Bloc or BE [Franciso Anacleto LOUCA];Unitarian Democratic Coalition or CDU [Jeronimo DE SOUSA] (includesPCP and PEV)
Puerto RicoNational Democratic Party [Roberto PRATS]; NationalRepublican Party of Puerto Rico [Dr. Tiody FERRE]; New ProgressiveParty or PNP [Pedro ROSSELLO] (pro-US statehood); Popular DemocraticParty or PPD [Anibal ACEVEDO-VILA] (pro-commonwealth); Puerto RicanIndependence Party or PIP [Ruben BERRIOS Martinez] (pro-independence)
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RomaniaConservative Party or PC [Daniela POPA] (formerly HumanistParty or PUR); Democratic Liberal Party or PDL [Emil BOC];Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania or UDMR [Bela MARKO];National Liberal Party or PNL [Calin Popescu-TARICEANU]; RomaniaMare Party (Greater Romania Party) or PRM [Corneliu Vadim TUDOR];Social Democratic Party or PSD [Mircea Dan GEOANA] (formerly Partyof Social Democracy in Romania or PDSR)
RussiaCommunist Party of the Russian Federation or CPRF [GennadiyAndreyevich ZYUGANOV]; Just Russia [Sergey MIRONOV]; LiberalDemocratic Party of Russia or LDPR [Vladimir VolfovichZHIRINOVSKIY]; Patriots of Russia [Gennadiy SEMIGIN]; People's Union[Sergey BABURIN]; Right Cause [Leonid Yakovlevich GOZMAN, BorisYuriyevich TITOV, and Georgiy Georgiyevich BOVT] (registrationpending; formed from merger of Union of Right Forces, DemocraticParty of Russia, and Civic Force); United Russia [VladimirVladimirovich PUTIN]; Yabloko Party [Sergey Sergeyevich MITROKHIN]
RwandaCentrist Democratic Party or PDC [Alfred MUKEZAMFURA];Democratic Popular Union of Rwanda or UDPR [Adrien RANGIRA];Democratic Republican Movement or MDR [Celestin KABANDA] (officiallybanned); Islamic Democratic Party or PDI [Andre BUMAYA]; LiberalParty or PL [Protais MITALI]; Party for Democratic Renewal(officially banned); Rwandan Patriotic Front or RPF [Paul KAGAME];Social Democratic Party or PSD [Vincent BIRUTA]
Saint BarthelemyAction-Equilibre-Transparence [Maxime DESOUCHES];Ensemble pour Saint-Barthelemy [Benoit CHAUVIN]; Saint-Barthd'Abord! or SBA [Bruno MAGRAS]; Tous Unis pour Saint-Barthelemy[Karine MIOT-RICHARD]
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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 [Lindsay 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 [Stephenson KING]
Saint MartinUnion Pour le Progres or UPP [Louis-Constant FLEMING];Rassemblement Responsabilite Reussite or RRR [Alain RICHARDSON];Reussir Saint-Martin [Jean-Luc HAMLET]
Saint Pierre and MiquelonArchipelago Tomorrow or AD affiliated withUDF/RPR list; Cap sur l'Avenir affiliated with PRG; Left RadicalParty or PRG; Rassemblement pour la Republique or RPR (now UMP);Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2000/Avenir Miquelon or SPM 2000/AM;Socialist Party or PS; Union pour la Democratie Francaise or UDF
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNew Democratic Party or NDP [ArnhimEUSTACE]; Unity Labor Party or ULP [Ralph GONSALVES] (formed by thecoalition of Saint Vincent Labor Party or SVLP and the Movement forNational Unity or MNU)
SamoaHuman Rights Protection Party or HRPP [Sailele MalielegaoiTUILA'EPA]; Samoa Christian Party or TCP [Tuala Tiresa MALIETOA];Samoa Democratic United Party or SDUP [LE MAMEA Ropati]; Samoa Partyor SP [Su'a Rimoni Ah CHONG]; Samoa Progressive Political Party orSPPP [Toeolesulusulu SIUEVA]
San MarinoCommunist Refoundation or RC [Ivan FOSHI]; Democrats ofthe Center; Freedom List; Ideas in Movement or IM [AlessandroROSSI]; National Alliance or AN [Glauco SANSOVINI]; New SocialistParty [Augusto CASALI]; Party of Socialists and Democrats [ClaudioFELICI]; San Marino Christian Democratic Party or PDCS [Pier MarinoMENICUCCI]; San Marino Popular Alliance of Democrats or AP [RobertoGIORGETTI]; San Marino Socialist Party or PSS [Alberto CECCHETTI];Socialists for Reform or SR [Renzo GIARDI]; Union of Moderates;United Left
Sao Tome and PrincipeForce for Change Democratic Movement or MDFM[Tome Soares da VERA CRUZ]; Independent Democratic Action or ADI[[Patrice TROVOADA]; Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome andPrincipe-Social Democratic Party or MLSTP-PSD [Rafael BRANCO]; NewWay Movement or NR; Party for Democratic Convergence or PCD [DelfimNEVES]; Ue-Kedadji coalition; other small parties
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SenegalAfrican Party of Independence [Majhemout DIOP];And-Jef/African Party for Democracy and Socialism or AJ/PADS[Landing SAVANE]; Alliance of Forces of Progress or AFP [MoustaphaNIASSE]; Democratic League-Labor Party Movement or LD-MPT [Dr.Abdoulaye BATHILY]; Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubel orFSD/BJ [Cheikh Abdoulaye Bamba DIEYE]; Gainde Centrist Bloc or BGC[Jean-Paul DIAS]; Independence and Labor Party or PIT [AmathDANSOKHO]; Jef-Jel [Talla SYLLA]; National Democratic Rally or RND[Madior DIOUF]; People's Labor Party or PTP [Elhadji DIOUF]; ReformParty or PR [Abdourahim AGNE]; Senegalese Democratic Party or PDS[Abdoulaye WADE]; Socialist Party or PS [Ousmane Tanor DIENG]; SOPICoalition [Abdoulaye WADE] (a coalition led by the PDS); Union forDemocratic Renewal or URD [Djibo Leyti KA]
SerbiaCoalition of Albanians of the Presevo Valley or KAPD [RizaHALIMI]; Coalition for Sandzak or KZS [Sulejman UGLJANIN];Democratic Party of Albanians or PDSh [Ragmi MUSTAFA]; DemocraticParty of Serbia or DSS [Vojislav KOSTUNICA]; Democratic Party or DS[Boris TADIC]; Democratic Union of the Valley or BDL [SkenderDESTANI]; For a European Serbia [Boris TADIC]; Force of SerbiaMovement or PSS [Bogoljub KARIC]; G17 Plus [Mladjan DINKIC]; Leagueof Vojvodina Hungarians or SVM [Istvan PASTOR]; Liberal DemocraticParty or LDP [Cedomir JOVANOVIC]; Movement for Democratic Progressor LPD [Jonuz MUSLIU]; New Serbia or NS [Velimir ILIC]; Party ofDemocratic Action or PVD [Riza HALIMI]; Roma Party or RP [SrdjanSAJN]; Serbian Progressive Party or SNS [Tomislav NIKOLIC]; SerbianRadical Party or SRS [Vojislav SESELJ (currently on trial at TheHague), but Tomislav NIKOLIC is acting leader]; Socialist Party ofSerbia or SPS [Ivica DACIC]; Union of Roma of Serbia or URS [RajkoDJURIC]
SeychellesDemocratic Party or DP [James MANCHAM, Paul CHOW];Seychelles National Party or SNP [Wavel RAMKALAWAN] (formerly theUnited Opposition or UO); Seychelles People's Progressive Front orSPPF [France Albert RENE, James MICHEL] (the governing party)
Sierra LeoneAll People's Congress or APC [Ernest Bai KOROMA]; Peaceand Liberation Party or PLP [Darlington MORRISON]; People's Movementfor Democratic Change or PMDC [Charles MARGAI]; Sierra LeonePeople's Party or SLPP [Solomon BEREWA]; numerous others
SingaporePeople's Action Party or PAP [LEE Hsien Loong]; SingaporeDemocratic Alliance or SDA [CHIAM See Tong]; Singapore DemocraticParty or SDP [CHEE Soon Juan]; Workers' Party or WP [Sylvia LIM SweeLian]note: SDA includes Singapore Justice Party or SJP, SingaporeNational Malay Organization or PKMS, Singapore People's Party or SPP
SlovakiaParties in the Parliament: Christian Democratic Movement orKDH [Pavol HRUSOVSKY]; Direction-Social Democracy or Smer-SD [RobertFICO]; Party of the Hungarian Coalition or SMK [Pal CSAKY]; People'sParty - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia or LS-HZDS [VladimirMECIAR]; Slovak Democratic and Christian Union or SDKU-DS [MikulasDZURINDA]; Slovak National Party or SNS [Jan SLOTA]; Parties outsidethe Parliament: Agrarian Party of the Provinces or ASV [JozefVASKEBA]; Civic Conservative Party or OKS [Peter TATAR]; Free Forum[Zuzana MARTINAKOVA]; Hope or NADEJ [Alexandra NOVOTNA]; Left-wingBloc or LB [Jozef KALMAN]; Mission 21 - New Christian Democracy orMISIA 21 [Ivan SIMKO]; Movement for Democracy or HZD [Jozef GRAPA];New Citizens Alliance or ANO [Pavol RUSKO]; Party of the DemocraticLeft or SDL [Ladislav KOZMON]; Prosperita Slovenska or PS [FrantisekA. ZVRSKOVEC]; Slovak Communist Party or KSS [Vladimir DADO]; SlovakNational Coalition or SLNKO [Vitazoslav MORIC]; Slovak People'sParty or SLS [Jozef SASIK]; Union of the Workers of Slovakia or ZRS[Jan LUPTAK]
SloveniaLiberal Democracy of Slovenia or LDS [Katarina KRESAL]; NewSlovenia or NSi [Andrej BAJUK]; Slovenian Democratic Party or SDS[Janez JANSA]; Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia or DeSUS[Karl ERJAVEC]; Slovene National Party or SNS [Zmago JELINCIC];Slovene People's Party or SLS [Bojan SROT]; Slovene Youth Party orSMS [Darko KRANJC]; Social Democrats or SD [Borut PAHOR] (formerlyZLSD); ZARES [Gregor Golobic]
Solomon IslandsAssociation of Independent Members or AIM [ThomasCHAN]; Christian Alliance Solomon Islands or CASI [Edward RONIA];LAFARI Party [John GARO]; National Party [Francis HILLY]; People'sAlliance Party or PAP [Sir Allan KEMAKEZA]; Social Credit Party orSOCRED [Manasseh Damukana SOGAVARE]; Solomon First Party [DavidQUAN]; Solomon Islands Democratic Party [Gabriel SURI]; SolomonIslands Labor Party or SILP [Joses TUHANUKU]; Solomon IslandsLiberal Party [Bartholomew ULUFA'ALU]; Solomon Islands Party forRural Advancement or SIPRA [Job D. TAUSINGA]; United Party [SirPeter KENILOREA]note: in general, Solomon Islands politics is characterized by fluidcoalitions
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South AfricaAfrican Christian Democratic Party or ACDP [KennethMESHOE]; African National Congress or ANC [Jacob ZUMA]; DemocraticAlliance or DA [Helen ZILLE]; Freedom Front Plus or FF+ [PieterMULDER]; Inkatha Freedom Party or IFP [Mangosuthu BUTHELEZI]; NewNational Party or NNP; Pan-Africanist Congress or PAC [MotsokoPHEKO]; United Democratic Movement or UDM [Bantu HOLOMISA]
SpainAragonese Party or CHA [Bizen FUSTER]; Basque NationalistParty or PNV [Inigo URKULLU]; Basque Solidarity or EA [BegonaERRAZTI]; Canarian Coalition or CC [Jose Torres STINGA] (a coalitionof five parties); Convergence and Union or CiU [Artur MAS i Gavarro](a coalition of the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia or CDC[Artur MAS i Gavarro] and the Democratic Union of Catalonia or UDC[Josep Antoni DURAN i LLEIDA]); Entesa Catalonia de Progress (aSenate coalition grouping four Catalan parties - PSC, ERC, ICV,EUA); Galician Nationalist Bloc or BNG [Anxo Manuel QUINTANAGonzalez]; Initiative for Catalonia Greens or ICV [Joan SAURA iLaporta]; Navarra yes or Na Bai [Uxue BARKOS Berruezo] (a coalitionof four Navarran parties); Popular Party or PP [Mariano RAJOY Brey];Republican Left of Catalonia or ERC [Josep-Lluis CAROD-ROVIRA];Spanish Socialist Workers Party or PSOE [Jose Luis RodriguezZAPATERO]; United Left or IU [Gaspar LLAMAZARES Trigo] (a coalitionof parties including the PCE and other small parties)
Sri LankaAll Ceylon Tamil Congress or ACTC [G.PONNAMBALAM]; CeylonWorkers Congress or CWC [Arumugam THONDAMAN]; Communist Party or CP[D. GUNASEKERA]; Eelam People's Democratic Party or EPDP [DouglasDEVANANDA]; Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front or EPRLF[Suresh PREMACHANDRAN]; Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or JVP [SomawansaAMARASINGHE]; Lanka Sama Samaja Party or LSSP [Tissa VITHARANA];Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (People's United Front) or MEP [D.GUNAWARDENE]; National Heritage Party or JHU [Ellawala METHANANDA];National Unity Alliance or NUA [Ferial ASHRAFF]; People's LiberationOrganization of Tamil Eelam or PLOTE [D. SIDHARTHAN]; Sri LankaFreedom Party or SLFP [Mahinda RAJAPAKSA]; Sri Lanka Muslim Congressor SLMC [Rauff HAKEEM]; Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization or TELO[Selvam ADAIKALANATHAN]; Tamil National Alliance or TNA [R.SAMPANTHAN]; Tamil United Liberation Front or TULF [V.ANANDASANGAREE]; United National Party or UNP [RanilWICKREMASINGHE]; Up-country People's Front or UPF [P. CHANDRASEKARAN]
SudanNational Congress Party or NCP [Umar Hassan al-BASHIR]; SudanPeople's Liberation Movement or SPLM [Salva Mayardit KIIR]; andelements of the National Democratic Alliance or NDA includingfactions of the Democratic Union Party [Muhammad Uthman al-MIRGHANI]and Umma Party [SADIQ Siddiq al-Mahdi]; note - all political partieslisted above in the Government of National Unity
SurinameAlternative-1 or A-1 (a coalition of Amazone Party ofSuriname or APS [Kenneth VAN GENDEREN], Democrats of the 21stCentury or D-21 [Soewarto MOESTADJA], Nieuw Suriname or NS [RadjenNanan PANDAY], Political Wing of the FAL or PVF [Jiwan SITAL],Trefpunt 2000 or T-2000 [Arti JESSURUN]); General InteriorDevelopment Party or ABOP [Ronnie BRUNSWIJK]; National DemocraticParty or NDP [Desire BOUTERSE]; New Front for Democracy andDevelopment or NF (a coalition that includes A-Combination or A-Com,Democratic Alternative 1991 or DA-91, an independent,business-oriented party [Winston JESSURUN], National Party Surinameor NPS [Ronald VENETIAAN], United Reform Party or VHP [RamdienSARDJOE], Pertjaja Luhur or PL [Salam Paul SOMOHARDJO], SurinameseLabor Party or SPA [Siegfried GILDS]); Party for Democracy andDevelopment in Unity or DOE [Marten SCHALKWIJK]; People's Alliancefor Progress or VVV (a coalition of Democratic National Platform2000 or DNP-2000 [Jules WIJDENBOSCH], Grassroots Party for Renewaland Democracy or BVD [Tjan GOBARDHAN], Party for National Unity andSolidarity of the Highest Order or KTPI [Willy SOEMITA], Party forProgression, Justice, and Perseverance or PPRS [Renee KAIMAN],Pendawalima or PL [Raymond SAPOEN]); Progressive Laborers andFarmers Union or PALU [Jim HOK]; Progressive Political Party or PPP[Surinder MUNGRA]; Seeka [Paul ABENA]; Union of ProgressiveSurinamers or UPS [Sheoradj PANDAY]
Swazilandthe status of political parties, previously banned, isunclear under the new (2006) Constitution and currently beingdebated - the following are considered political associations;African United Democratic Party or AUDP [Stanley MAUNDZISA,president]; Imbokodvo National Movement or INM; Ngwane NationalLiberatory Congress or NNLC [Obed DLAMINI, president]; People'sUnited Democratic Movement or PUDEMO [Mario MASUKU, president]
SwedenCenter Party [Maud OLOFSSON]; Christian Democratic Party[Goran HAGGLUND]; Environment Party the Greens [no formal leader butparty spokespersons are Maria WETTERSTRAND and Peter ERIKSSON]; LeftParty or V (formerly Communist) [Lars OHLY]; Liberal People's Party[Jan BJORKLUND]; Moderate Party (conservative) [Fredrik REINFELDT];Social Democratic Party [Mona SAHLIN]
SwitzerlandGreen Party (Gruene Partei der Schweiz or Gruene, PartiEcologiste Suisse or Les Verts, Partito Ecologista Svizzero or IVerdi, Partida Ecologica Svizra or La Verda) [Ruth GENNER];Christian Democratic People's Party (ChristlichdemokratischeVolkspartei der Schweiz or CVP, Parti Democrate-Chretien Suisse orPDC, Partito Democratico-Cristiano Popolare Svizzero or PDC, PartidaCristiandemocratica dalla Svizra or PCD) [Christophe DARBELLAY];Radical Free Democratic Party (Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei derSchweiz or FDP, Parti Radical-Democratique Suisse or PRD, PartitioLiberal-Radicale Svizzero or PLR) [Fulvio PELLI]; Social DemocraticParty (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz or SPS, PartiSocialist Suisse or PSS, Partito Socialista Svizzero or PSS, PartidaSocialdemocratica de la Svizra or PSS) [Hans-Juerg FEHR]; SwissPeople'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]; and other minorparties
Syrialegal parties: National Progressive Front or NPF [PresidentBashar al-ASAD, Dr. Suleiman QADDAH] (includes Arab SocialistRenaissance (Ba'th) Party [President Bashar al-ASAD]; SocialistUnionist Democratic Party [Fadlallah Nasr Al-DIN]; Syrian ArabSocialist Union or ASU [Safwan QUDSI]; Syrian Communist Party (twobranches) [Wissal Farha BAKDASH, Yusuf Rashid FAYSAL]; Syrian SocialNationalist Party [Ali QANSU]; Unionist Socialist Party [FayezISMAIL])opposition parties not legally recognized:: Arab DemocraticSocialist Union Party [Hasan Abdul AZIM]; Arab Socialist Movement;Democratic Ba'th Party [Ibrahim MAHKOS]; People's Democratic Party[Riad al TURK]; Revolutionary Workers' Party [Abdul Hafeez al HAFEZ]Kurdish parties (considered illegal): Kurdish Democratic Front[Abdul Hamid DARWISH] (includes four parties); Kurdish Coordination[Abdul Hakim BASHAR] (includes Azadi Party [Kheirudin MURAD], FutureParty [Masha'l TAMMO], Yekity Party [Hasam SALE])other parties: Nahda Party [Abdul Aziz al MISLET]; Syrian DemocraticParty [Mustafa QALAAJI]
TaiwanDemocratic Progressive Party or DPP [TSAI Ing-wen];Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [WU Po-hsiung]; Non-PartisanSolidarity Union or NPSU [CHANG Po-ya]; People First Party or PFP[James SOONG]
TajikistanAgrarian Party of Tajikistan or APT [Amir KARAKULOV];Democratic Party or DPT [Mahmadruzi ISKANDAROV (imprisoned October2005); Rahmatullo VALIYEV, deputy]; Islamic Revival Party [MuhiddinKABIRI]; Party of Economic Reform or PER [Olimzon BOBOYEV]; People'sDemocratic Party of Tajikistan or PDPT [Emomali RAHMON]; SocialDemocratic Party or SDPT [Rahmatullo ZOYIROV]; Socialist Party orSPT [Mirhuseyn NARZIYEV]; Tajik Communist Party or CPT [ShodiSHABDOLOV]
TanzaniaChama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Party of Democracy andDevelopment) or CHADEMA [Bob MAKANI]; Chama Cha Mapinduzi or CCM(Revolutionary Party) [Jakaya Mrisho KIKWETE]; Civic United Front orCUF [Ibrahim LIPUMBA]; Democratic Party [Christopher MTIKLA](unregistered); Tanzania Labor Party or TLP [Augustine LyatongaMREME]; United Democratic Party or UDP [John CHEYO]
ThailandDemocrat Party or DP (Prachathipat Party) [ABHISITWetchachiwa, also spelled ABHISIT Vejjajiva]; Matchima Thippatai(Middle Way Party) [ANONGWAN Therpsuthin] - disbanded; MotherlandParty (Peua Pandin Party); People's Power Party (Palang PrachachonParty) or PPP [SOMCHAI Wongsawat, acting] - disbanded; RoyalistPeople's Party (Pracharaj) [SANOH Thienthong]; Ruam Jai Thai Party(Thai Unity Party) [CHETTA Thanacharo, also spelled CHETTHAThanajaro]; Thai Nation Party or TNP (Chat Thai Party) [BARNHARNSILPA-ARCHA] - disbanded
Timor-LesteDemocratic Party or PD [Fernando de ARAUJO]; NationalCongress for Timorese Reconstruction or CNRT [Xanana GUSMAO];National Democratic Union of Timorese Resistance or UNDERTIM[Cornelio DA Conceicao GAMA]; National Unity Party or PUN [FernandaBORGES]; People's Party of Timor or PPT [Jacob XAVIER];Revolutionary Front of Independent Timor-Leste or FRETILIN [MariALKATIRI]; Social Democratic Association of Timor or ASDT [FranciscoXavier do AMARAL]; Social Democratic Party or PSD [MarioCARRASCALAO]; Sons of the Mountain Warriors or KOTA [Manuel TILMAN](also known as Association of Timorese Heroes)
TogoAction Committee for Renewal or CAR [Yawovi AGBOYIBO];Democratic Convention of African Peoples or CDPA; Democratic Partyfor Renewal or PDR; Juvento [Monsilia DJATO]; Movement of theBelievers of Peace and Equality or MOCEP; Pan-African PatrioticConvergence or CPP; Rally for the Support for Development andDemocracy or RSDD [Harry OLYMPIO]; Rally of the Togolese People orRPT [Faure GNASSINGBE]; Socialist Pact for Renewal or PSR; Union forDemocracy and Social Progress or UDPS [Gagou KOKOU]; Union of Forcesfor a Change or UFC [Gilchrist OLYMPIO]
Tokelaunone
TongaTonga Human Rights and Democracy Movement or THRDM [UlitiUATA]; People's Democratic Party or PDP [Tesina FUKO]
Trinidad and TobagoCongress of the People [Winston DOOKERAN];Democratic Action Congress or DAC [Hochoy CHARLES] (only active inTobago); Democratic National Alliance or DNA [Gerald YETMING](coalition of NAR, DDPT, MND); Movement for National Development orMND [Garvin NICHOLAS]; National Alliance for Reconstruction or NAR[Dr. Carson CHARLES]; People's National Movement or PNM [PatrickMANNING]; United National Congress or UNC [Basdeo PANDAY]
TunisiaAl-Tajdid Movement [Ahmed IBRAHIM]; ConstitutionalDemocratic Rally Party (Rassemblement Constitutionnel Democratique)or RCD (official ruling party) [President Zine El Abidine BEN ALI];Democratic Forum for Labor and Liberties or FDTL [Mustapha BenJAFAAR]; Green Party for Progress or PVP [Mongi KHAMASSI]; LiberalSocial Party or PSL [Mondher THABET]; Movement of SocialistDemocrats or MDS [Ismail BOULAHYA]; Popular Unity Party or PUP[Mohamed BOUCHIHA]; Progressive Democratic Party [Maya JERIBI];Unionist Democratic Union or UDU [Ahmed INOUBLI]; note - theIslamist party, Al Nahda (Renaissance), is outlawed
TurkeyAnavatan Partisi (Motherland Party) or Anavatan [ErkanMUMCU]; Democratic Left Party or DSP [Mehmet Zeki SEZER]; DemocraticSociety Party or DTP [Nurettin DEMIRTAS]; Felicity Party or SP[Recai KUTAN] (sometimes translated as Contentment Party); Justiceand Development Party or AKP [Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN]; NationalistAction Party or MHP [Devlet BAHCELI] (sometimes translated asNationalist Movement Party); People's Rise Party (Halkin YukselisiPartisi) or HYP [Yasar Nuri OZTURK]; Republican People's Party orCHP [Deniz BAYKAL]; Social Democratic People's Party or SHP [MuratKARAYALCIN]; True Path Party or DYP [Mehmet AGAR] (sometimestranslated as Correct Way Party); Young Party or GP [Cem Cengiz UZAN]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 [GurbangulyBERDIMUHAMEDOW]note: formal opposition parties are outlawed; unofficial, smallopposition movements exist underground or in foreign countries; thetwo most prominent opposition groups-in-exile have been NationalDemocratic Movement of Turkmenistan (NDMT) and the United DemocraticParty of Turkmenistan (UDPT); NDMT was led by former ForeignMinister Boris SHIKHMURADOV until his arrest and imprisonment in thewake of the 25 November 2002 attack on President NYYAZOW's motorcade
Turks and Caicos IslandsPeople's Democratic Movement or PDM [FloydSEYMOUR]; Progressive National Party or PNP [Michael Eugene MISICK]
Tuvaluthere are no political parties but members of Parliamentusually align themselves in informal groupings
UgandaConservative Party or CP [Ken LUKYAMUZI]; Democratic Party orDP [Kizito SSEBAANA]; Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [KizzaBESIGYE]; Justice Forum or JEEMA [Muhammad Kibirige MAYANJA];National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI]; PeoplesProgressive Party or PPP [Bidandi SSALI]; Ugandan People's Congressor UPC [Miria OBOTE]note: a national referendum in July 2005 opened the way for Uganda'stransition to a multi-party political system
UkraineChristian Democratic Union [Volodymyr STRETOVYCH]; CommunistParty of Ukraine or CPU [Petro SYMONENKO]; European Party of Ukraine[Mykola KATERYNCHUK]; Fatherland Party (Batkivshchyna) [YuliyaTYMOSHENKO]; Forward Ukraine! [Viktor MUSIYAKA]; Labor Party ofUkraine [Mykola SYROTA]; People's Union Our Ukraine [VyacheslavKYRYLENKO]; Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs [AnatoliyKINAKH]; Party of the Defenders of the Fatherland [Yuriy Karmazin];People's Movement of Ukraine (Rukh) [Borys TARASYUK]; People's Party[Volodymyr LYTVYN]; PORA! (It's Time!) party [Vladyslav KASKIV];Progressive Socialist Party [Natalya VITRENKO]; Reforms and OrderParty [Viktor PYNZENYK]; Party of Regions [Viktor YANUKOVYCH];Republican Party [Yuriy BOYKO]; Sobor [Anatoliy MATVIYENKO]; SocialDemocratic Party [Yevhen KORNICHUK]; Social Democratic Party(United) or SDPU(o) [Yuriy ZAHORODNIY]; Socialist Party of Ukraineor SPU [Oleksandr MOROZ]; Ukrainian People's Party [Yuriy KOSTENKO];Viche [Inna BOHOSLOVSKA]
United Arab Emiratesnone
United KingdomConservative [David CAMERON]; Democratic UnionistParty (Northern Ireland) [Peter ROBINSON]; Labor Party [GordonBROWN]; Liberal Democrats [Nick CLEGG]; Party of Wales (Plaid Cymru)[Ieuan Wyn JONES]; Scottish National Party or SNP [Alex SALMOND];Sinn Fein (Northern Ireland) [Gerry ADAMS]; Social Democratic andLabor Party or SDLP (Northern Ireland) [Mark DURKAN]; UlsterUnionist Party (Northern Ireland) [Sir Reg EMPEY]
United StatesDemocratic Party [Howard DEAN]; Green Party;Libertarian Party [William (Bill) REDPATH]; Republican Party [RobertM. (Mike) DUNCAN]
UruguayBroad Front (Frente Amplio) - formerly known as theProgressive Encounter/Broad Front Coalition or EP-FA [JorgeBROVETTO] (a broad governing coalition that includes Movement of thePopular Participation or MPP [Jose MUJICA], New Space Party (NuevoEspacio) [Rafael MICHELINI], Progressive Alliance (AlianzaProgresista) [Rodolfo NIN NOVOA], Socialist Party [EduardoFERNANDEZ], the Communist Party [Marina ARISMENDI], UruguayanAssembly (Asamblea Uruguay) [Danilo ASTORI], and VertienteArtiguista [Mariano ARANA]); Colorado Party (Foro Batllista) [JulioMaria SANGUINETTI]; National Party or Blanco [Luis Alberto LACALLEand Jorge LARRANAGA]
UzbekistanAdolat (Justice) Social Democratic Party [DiloromTASHMUHAMMEDOVA]; Democratic National Rebirth Party (MillyTiklanish) or MTP [Hurshid DOSMUHAMMEDOV]; Fidokorlar NationalDemocratic Party (Self-Sacrificers) [Ahtam TURSUNOV]; LiberalDemocratic Party of Uzbekistan or LDPU [Adham SHADMANOV; People'sDemocratic Party or NDP (formerly Communist Party) [AsliddinRUSTAMOV]
VanuatuGreens Confederation or GC [Moana CARCASSES]; Jon FrumMovement or JF [Song KEASPAI]; Melanesian Progressive Party or MPP[Barak SOPE]; Nagriamel movement or NAG [Havo MOLI]; Namangi Aute orNA [Paul TELUKLUK]; National United Party or NUP [Ham LINI];People's Action Party or PAP [Peter VUTA]; People's ProgressiveParty or PPP [Sato KILMAN]; Shepherds Alliance Party [leader NA];Union of Moderate Parties or UMP [Serge VOHOR]; Vanuatu Family FirstParty or VFFP [Eta RORI]; Vanuatu Labor Party or VLP [JoshuaKALSAKAU]; Vanuatu National Party or VNP [Issac HAMARILIU];Vanua'aku Pati (Our Land Party) or VP [Edward NATAPEI]; VanuatuRepublican Party or VRP [Maxime Carlot KORMAN]; Vanuatu RepublicanFarmers Party or VPRFP [Jean RAVOU]
VenezuelaA New Time or UNT [Manuel ROSALES]; Christian Democrats orCOPEI [Cesar PEREZ Vivas]; Communist Party of Venezuela or PCV[Jeronimo CARRERA]; Democratic Action or AD [Henry RAMOS Allup];Fatherland for All or PPT [Jose ALBORNOZ]; Justice First [JulioBORGES]; Movement Toward Socialism or MAS [Hector MUJICA]; UnitedSocialist Party of Venezuela or PSUV [Hugo CHAVEZ]; VenezuelaProject or PV [Henrique SALAS Romer]; We Can or PODEMOS [IsmaelGARCIA]
VietnamCommunist Party of Vietnam or CPV [Nong Duc MANH]; otherparties proscribed
Virgin IslandsDemocratic Party [Arturo WATLINGTON]; IndependentCitizens' Movement or ICM [Usie RICHARDS]; Republican Party [GarySPRAUVE]
Wallis and FutunaLua Kae Tahi (Giscardians); Mouvement des Radicauxde Gauche or MRG; Rally for the Republic or RPR (UMP) [ClovisLOGOLOGOFOLAU]; Socialist Party or PS; Taumu'a Lelei [Soane MuniUHILA]; Union Populaire Locale or UPL [Falakiko GATA]; Union Pour laDemocratie Francaise or UDF
YemenGeneral People's Congress or GPC [Abdul-Kader BAJAMMAL];Islamic Reform Grouping or Islah [Mohammed Abdullah AL-YADOUMI(acting)]; Nasserite Unionist Party [Abdal Malik al-MAKHLAFI];National Arab Socialist Ba'th Party [Dr. Qasim SALAM]; YemeniSocialist Party or YSP [Ali Salih MUQBIL]; note - there are at leastseven more active political parties
ZambiaAll Peoples Congress Party [Winright NGONDO]; Forum forDemocracy and Development or FDD [Edith NAWAKWI]; Heritage Party orHP [Godfrey MIYANDA]; Liberal Progressive Front or LPF [RogerCHONGWE]; Movement for Multiparty Democracy or MMD [Levy MWANAWASA];National Democratic Focus or NDF; Patriotic Front or PF [MichaelSATA]; Party of Unity for Democracy and Development or PUDD [DanPULE]; Reform Party [Nevers MUMBA]; United Democratic Alliance orUDA; United Liberal Party or ULP [Sakwiba SIKOTA]; United NationalIndependence Party or UNIP [Tilyenji KAUNDA]; United Party forNational Development or UPND [Hakainde HICHILEMA]; Zambia DemocraticCongress or ZADECO [Langton SICHONE]; Zambian Republican Party orZRP [Benjamin MWILA]
ZimbabweAfrican National Party or ANP [Egypt DZINEMUNHENZVA];Movement for Democratic Change or MDC [Morgan TSVANGIRAI,anti-Senate faction; Arthur MUTAMBARA, pro-Senate faction]; PeaceAction is Freedom for All or PAFA; United Parties [Abel MUZOREWA];United People's Party or UPP [Daniel SHUMBA]; Zimbabwe AfricanNational Union-Ndonga or ZANU-Ndonga [Wilson KUMBULA]; ZimbabweAfrican National Union-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Robert GabrielMUGABE]; Zimbabwe African Peoples Union or ZAPU [Agrippa MADLELA];Zimbabwe Youth in Alliance or ZIYA
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Afghanistan32,738,376 (July 2008 est.)
Akrotiriapproximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas ofAkrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 Service andUK-based contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents
Albania3,619,778 (July 2008 est.)
Algeria33,769,668 (July 2008 est.)
American Samoa64,827 (July 2008 est.)
Andorra82,627 (July 2008 est.)
Angola12,531,357 (July 2008 est.)
Anguilla14,108 (July 2008 est.)
Antarcticano indigenous inhabitants, but there are both permanentand summer-only staffed research stationsnote: 28 nations, all signatory to the Antarctic Treaty, operatethrough their National Antarctic Program a number of seasonal-only(summer) and year-round research stations on the continent and itsnearby islands south of 60 degrees south latitude (the regioncovered by the Antarctic Treaty); these stations' population ofpersons doing and supporting science or engaged in the managementand protection of the Antarctic region varies from approximately4,000 in summer to 1,000 in winter; in addition, approximately 1,000personnel, including ship's crew and scientists doing onboardresearch, are present in the waters of the treaty region; peaksummer (December-February) population - 4,219 total; Argentina 667,Australia 200, Brazil 40, Bulgaria 15, Chile 237, China 70, CzechRepublic 20, Ecuador 26, Finland 20, France 100, France and Italyjointly 45, Germany 90, India 65, Italy 90, Japan 125, South Korea70, NZ 85, Norway 44, Peru 28, Poland 40, Romania 3, Russia 429,South Africa 80, Spain 28, Sweden 20, Ukraine 24, UK 205, US 1,293,Uruguay 60 (2007-2008); winter (June-August) station population -1,088 total; Argentina 176, Australia 62, Brazil 12, Chile 96, China29, France 26, France and Italy jointly 13, Germany 9, India 25,Italy 2, Japan 40, South Korea 18, NZ 10, Norway 7, Poland 12,Russia 148, South Africa 10, Ukraine 12, UK 37, US 337, Uruguay 9(2008); research stations operated within the Antarctic Treaty area(south of 60 degrees south latitude) by National Antarctic Programs:year-round stations - 38 total; Argentina 6, Australia 3, Brazil 1,Chile 4, China 2, France 1, France and Italy jointly 1, Germany 1,India 1, Japan 1, South Korea 1, NZ 1, Norway 1, Poland 1, Russia 5,South Africa 1, Ukraine 1, UK 2, US 3, Uruguay 1 (2008); a range ofseasonal-only (summer) stations, camps, and refuges - Argentina,Australia, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador,Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, NewZealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden,Ukraine, UK, US, and Uruguay (2007-2008); in addition, during theaustral summer some nations have numerous occupied locations such astent camps, summer-long temporary facilities, and mobile traversesin support of research (March 2008 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda84,522 (July 2008 est.)
Argentina40.482 million (July 2008 est.)
Armenia2,968,586 (July 2008 est.)
Aruba101,541note: estimate based on a revision of the base population,fertility, and mortality numbers, as well as a revision of 1985-1999migration estimates from outmigration to inmigration, which isassumed to continue into the future; the new results are consistentwith the 2000 census (July 2008 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; access to East and Middle Islands is by permit only
Australia21,007,310 (July 2008 est.)
Austria8,205,533 (July 2008 est.)
Azerbaijan8,177,717 (July 2008 est.)
Bahamas, The307,451note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Bahrain 718,306 note: includes 235,108 non-nationals (July 2008 est.)
Bangladesh153,546,896 (July 2008 est.)
Barbados281,968 (July 2008 est.)
Belarus9,685,768 (July 2008 est.)
Belgium10,403,951 (July 2008 est.)
Belize301,270 (July 2008 est.)
Benin8,532,547note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Bermuda66,536 (July 2008 est.)
Bhutan682,321note: the Factbook population estimate is consistent with the firstmodern census of Bhutan, conducted in 2005; previous Factbookpopulation estimates for this country, which were on the order ofthree times the total population reported here, were based onBhutanese government publications that did not include the census(July 2008 est.)
Bolivia9,247,816 (July 2008 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina4,590,310 (July 2008 est.)
Botswana1,842,323note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Bouvet Islanduninhabited
Brazil196,342,592note: Brazil conducted a census 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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, andchanges in the distribution of population by age and sex than wouldotherwise be expected (July 2008 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; inNovember 2004, approximately 4,000 UK and US military personnel andcivilian contractors were living on the island of Diego Garcia
British Virgin Islands24,041 (July 2008 est.)
Brunei381,371 (July 2008 est.)
Bulgaria7,262,675 (July 2008 est.)
Burkina Faso15,264,735note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Burma47,758,180note: estimates for this country take into account the effects ofexcess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower lifeexpectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Burundi8,691,005note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Cambodia14,241,640note: estimates for this country take into account the effects ofexcess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower lifeexpectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Cameroon18,467,692note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Canada33,212,696 (July 2008 est.)
Cape Verde426,998 (July 2008 est.)
Cayman Islands47,862note: most of the population lives on Grand Cayman (July 2008 est.)
Central African Republic4,444,330note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Chad10,111,337 (July 2008 est.)
Chile16,454,143 (July 2008 est.)
China1,330,044,544 (July 2008 est.)
Christmas Island1,402 (July 2007 est.)
Clipperton Islanduninhabited
Cocos (Keeling) Islands596 (July 2007 est.)
Colombia45,013,672 (July 2008 est.)
Comoros731,775 (July 2008 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the66,514,504note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Congo, Republic of the3,903,318note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Cook Islands12,271 (July 2008 est.)
Coral Sea Islandsno indigenous inhabitantsnote: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorologicalstation on Willis Island (July 2007 est.)
Costa Rica4,195,914 (July 2008 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire20,179,602note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Croatia4,491,543 (July 2008 est.)
Cuba11,423,952 (July 2008 est.)
Cyprus792,604 (July 2008 est.)
Czech Republic10,220,911 (July 2008 est.)
Denmark5,484,723 (July 2008 est.)
Dhekeliaapproximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas ofAkrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 Service and UKBased Contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents
Djibouti506,221 (July 2008 est.)
Dominica72,514 (July 2008 est.)
Dominican Republic9,507,133 (July 2008 est.)
Ecuador13,927,650 (July 2008 est.)
Egypt81,713,520 (July 2008 est.)
El Salvador7,066,403 (July 2008 est.)
Equatorial Guinea616,459 (July 2008 est.)
Eritrea5,502,026 (July 2008 est.)
Estonia1,307,605 (July 2008 est.)
Ethiopia82,544,840note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
European Union491,018,683 (July 2008 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)3,140 (July 2008 est.)
Faroe Islands48,668 (July 2008 est.)
Fiji931,741 (July 2008 est.)
Finland5,244,749 (July 2008 est.)
Francetotal: 64,057,792note: 62,150,775 in metropolitan France (July 2008 est.)
French Polynesia283,019 (July 2008 est.)
French Southern and Antarctic Landsno indigenous inhabitantsIle Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): has no permanentresidents but has a meteorological stationIle Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): is uninhabited butis frequently visited by fishermen and has a scientific researchcabin for short staysIles Crozet: are uninhabited except for 18 to 30 people staffing theAlfred Faure research station on Ile del la PossessionIles Kerguelen: 50 to 100 scientists are located at the main base atPort-aux-Francais on Ile KerguelenBassas da India (Iles Eparses): uninhabitableEuropa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses):a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists on eachpossession; visited by scientistsTromelin Island (Iles Eparses): uninhabited, except for visits byscientists
Gabon1,485,832note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Gambia, The1,735,464 (July 2008 est.)
Gaza Strip1,500,202 (July 2008 est.)
Georgia4,630,841 (July 2008 est.)
Germany82,369,552 (July 2008 est.)
Ghana23,382,848note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Gibraltar28,002 (July 2008 est.)
Greece10,722,816 (July 2008 est.)
Greenland57,564 (July 2008 est.)
Grenada90,343 (July 2008 est.)
Guam175,877 (July 2008 est.)
Guatemala13,002,206 (July 2008 est.)
Guernsey65,726 (July 2008 est.)
Guinea9,806,509 (July 2008 est.)
Guinea-Bissau1,503,182 (July 2008 est.)
Guyana770,794note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Haiti8,924,553note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Heard Island and McDonald Islandsuninhabited
Holy See (Vatican City)824 (July 2008 est.)
Honduras7,639,327note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)
Hong Kong7,018,636 (July 2008 est.)
Hungary9,930,915 (July 2008 est.)
Iceland304,367 (July 2008 est.)
India1,147,995,904 (July 2008 est.)
Indonesia237,512,352 (July 2008 est.)
Iran65,875,224 (July 2008 est.)
Iraq28,221,180 (July 2008 est.)
Ireland4,156,119 (July 2008 est.)
Isle of Man76,220 (July 2008 est.)
Israel7,112,359note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank,about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and fewer than177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2008 est.)
Italy58,145,320 (July 2008 est.)
Jamaica2,804,332 (July 2008 est.)
Jan Mayenno indigenous inhabitantsnote: personnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base andthe weather and coastal services radio station
Japan127,288,416 (July 2008 est.)
Jersey91,533 (July 2008 est.)
Jordan6,198,677 (July 2008 est.)
Kazakhstan15,340,533 (July 2008 est.)
Kenya37,953,840note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2008 est.)