Ghana

Convention People's Party or CPP [Ladi NYLANDER]; Democratic

Freedom Party or DFP [Alhaji Abudu Rahman ISSAKAH]; Every Ghanaian

Living Everywhere or EGLE; Great Consolidated Popular Party or GCPP

[Dan LARTEY]; National Democratic Congress or NDC [Dr. Kwabena

ADJEI]; New Patriotic Party or NPP [Peter MAC-MANU]; People's

National Convention or PNC [Alhaji Amed RAMADAN]; Reform Party

[Kyeretwie OPUKU]; United Renaissance Party or URP [Charles WAYO]

Gibraltar

Gibraltar Liberal Party [Joseph GARCIA]; Gibraltar Social

Democrats or GSD [Peter CARUANA]; Gibraltar Socialist Labor Party or

GSLP [Joseph John BOSSANO]

Greece

Coalition of the Left and Progress (Synaspismos) [Alekos

ALAVANOS]; Communist Party of Greece or KKE [Aleka PAPARIGA]; New

Democracy or ND (conservative) [Konstandinos KARAMANLIS];

Panhellenic Socialist Movement or PASOK [Yiorgos PAPANDREOU];

Popular Orthodox Rally or LAOS [Yeoryios KARATZAFERIS]

Greenland

Atassut Party (Solidarity) [Finn KARLSEN] (a conservative

party favoring continuing close relations with Denmark); Demokratiit

[Per BERTHELSEN]; Inuit Ataqatigiit or IA (Eskimo Brotherhood)

[Josef MOTZFELDT] (a leftist party favoring complete independence

from Denmark rather than home rule); Kattusseqatigiit (Candidate

List) (an independent right-of-center party with no official

platform); Siumut (Forward Party) [Hans ENOKSEN] (a social

democratic party advocating more distinct Greenlandic identity and

greater autonomy from Denmark)

Grenada

Grenada United Labor Party or GULP [Gloria Payne BANFIELD];

National Democratic Congress or NDC [Tillman THOMAS]; New National

Party or NNP [Keith MITCHELL]

Guam

Democratic Party [leader Michael PHILLIPS]; Republican Party

[Philip J. FLORES] (controls the legislature)

Guatemala

Center of Social Action or CASA [Eduardo SUGER]; Democracy

Front or FRENTE [Alfonso CABRERA]; Democratic Union or UD [Manuel

CONDE Orellana]; Encounter for Guatemala or EG [Nineth MONTENGRO];

Grand National Alliance or GANA [Alfredo VILLA]; Guatemalan National

Revolutionary Unity or URNG [Hector NUILA]; Guatemalan Republican

Front or FRG [Efrain RIOS Montt]; National Advancement Party or PAN

[Ruben Dario MORALES]; National Unity for Hope or UNE [Alvaro COLOM

Caballeros]; Patriot Party or PP [Ret. Gen. Otto PEREZ Molina];

Unionista Party or PU [Fritz GARCIA]; Unity of National Change or

UCN [Sidney SHAW]

Guernsey

none; all independents

Guinea

National Union for Progress or UPN [Mamadou Bhoye BARRY];

Party for Unity and Progress or PUP (the governing party) [Lansana

CONTE]; People's Party of Guinea or PPG [Charles Pascal TOLNO];

Rally for the Guinean People or RPG [Alpha CONDE]; Union of

Democratic Forces of Guinea or UFDG [Cellou Dalein DIALLO]; Union of

Republican Forces or UFR [Sidya TOURE]; Union for Progress of Guinea

or UPG [Jean-Marie DORE, secretary-general]; Union for Progress and

Renewal or UPR [Ousmane BAH]

Guinea-Bissau

African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau

and Cape Verde or PAIGC [Carlos GOMES Junior]; Party for Social

Renewal or PRS [Kumba YALA]; Democratic Social Front or FDS;

Electoral Union or UE; Guinea-Bissau Civic Forum/Social Democracy or

FCGSD [Antonieta Rosa GOMES]; Guinea-Bissau Democratic Party or PDG;

Guinea-Bissau Socialist Democratic Party or PDSG [Serifo BALDE];

Labor and Solidarity Party or PST [Iancuba INDJAI]; Party for

Democratic Convergence or PCD [Victor MANDINGA]; Party for Renewal

and Progress or PRP; Progress Party or PP [Ibrahima SOW]; Union for

Change or UM [Amine SAAD]; Union of Guinean Patriots or UPG

[Francisca VAZ]; United Platform or UP (coalition formed by PCD,

FDS, FLING, and RGB-MB); United Popular Alliance or APU; United

Social Democratic Party or PUSD

Guyana

Alliance for Change or AFC [Raphael TROTMAN and Khemraj

RAMJATTAN]; Guyana Action Party or GAP [Paul HARDY]; Justice for All

Party [C.N. SHARMA]; People's National Congress/Reform or PNC/R

[Robert Herman Orlando CORBIN]; People's Progressive Party/Civic or

PPP/C [Bharrat JAGDEO]; Rise, Organize, and Rebuild or ROAR [Ravi

DEV]; The United Force or TUF [Manzoor NADIR]; The Unity Party [Joey

JAGAN]; Vision Guyana [Peter RAMSAROOP]; Working People's Alliance

or WPA [Rupert ROOPNARAINE]

Haiti

Artibonite in Action or LAAA [Youri LATORTUE]; Assembly of

Progressive National Democrats or RDNP [Leslie MANIGAT]; Convention

for Democratic Unity or KID [Evans PAUL]; Cooperative Action to

Build Haiti or KONBA [Evans LESCOUFALIR]; Democratic Alliance or

ALYANS [Evans PAUL] (coalition composed of KID and PPRH); Effort and

Solidarity to Create an Alternative for the People or ESKAMP [Joseph

JASME]; For Us All or PONT [Jean-Marie CHERESTAL]; Front for Hope or

L'ESPWA [Rene PREVAL] (alliance of ESKAMP, PLB, and grass-roots

organizations Grand-Anse Resistance Committee, the Central Plateau

Peasants' Group, and Kombit Sudest); Haitian Christian Democratic

Party or PDCH [Osner FEVRY and Marie-Denise CLAUDE]; Haitian

Democratic and Reform Movement or MODEREH [Dany TOUSSAINT and Pierre

Soncon PRINCE]; Heads Together or Tet-Ansanm [Dr. Gerard BLOT];

Independent Movement for National Reconciliation or MIRN [Luc

FLEURINORD]; Justice for Peace and National Development or JPDN

[Rigaud DUPLAN]; Fanmi Lavalas or FL [Rudy HERIVEAUX]; Liberal Party

of Haiti or PLH [Gehy MICHEL]; Merging of Haitian Social Democratic

Parties or FUSION or FPSDH [Serge GILLES] (coalition of Ayiti

Capable, Haitian National Revolutionary Party, and National Congress

of Democratic Movements); Mobilization for Haiti's Development or

MPH [Samir MOURRA]; Mobilization for National Development or MDN

[Hubert de RONCERAY]; Movement for National Reconstruction or MRN

[Jean Henold BUTEAU]; Movement for the Installation of Democracy in

Haiti or MIDH [Marc BAZIN]; National Christian Union for the

Reconstruction of Haiti or UNCRH [Marie Claude GERMAIN]; National

Front for the Reconstruction of Haiti or FRN [Guy PHILIPPE]; New

Christian Movement for a New Haiti or MOCHRENA [Luc MESADIEU]; Open

the Gate Party or PLB [Anes LUBIN]; Popular Party for the Renewal of

Haiti or PPRH [Claude ROMAIN]; Struggling People's Organization or

OPL [Edgard LEBLANC]; Union of Nationalist and Progressive Haitians

or UNITE [Edouard FRANCISQUE]

Holy See (Vatican City)

none

Honduras

Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Felicito AVILA];

Democratic Unification Party or PUD [Cesar HAM]; Liberal Party or PL

[Patricia RODAS]; National Innovation and Unity Party or PINU [Jorge

AQUILAR Paredes]; National Party of Honduras or PN [Porfirio LOBO]

Hong Kong

Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood or ADPL

[Frederick FUNG Kin-kee]; Citizens Party [Alex CHAN Kai-chung];

Civic Party [KUAN Hsin-chi]; Democratic Alliance for the Betterment

and Progress of Hong Kong or DAB [TAM Yiu Cheng]; Democratic Party

[Albert HO]; Frontier Party [Emily LAU Wai-hing]; League of Social

Democrats [Raymond WONG]; Liberal Party [James TIEN Pei-chun]

note: political blocs include: pro-democracy - ADPL, Democratic

Party, Frontier Party, League of Social Democrats; pro-Beijing -

DAB, Liberal Party, The Alliance (a group of five generally

pro-government and pro-business Legco members from functional

constituencies); there is no political party ordinance, so there are

no registered political parties; politically active groups register

as societies or companies

Hungary

Alliance of Free Democrats or SzDSz [Gabor FODOR]; Christian

Democratic People's Party or KDNP [Zsolt SEMJEN]; Hungarian Civic

Alliance or Fidesz [Viktor ORBAN, chairman]; Hungarian Democratic

Forum or MDF [Ibolya DAVID]; Hungarian Socialist Party or MSzP

[Ferenc GYURCSANY]

Iceland

Independence Party or IP [Geir H. HAARDE]; Left-Green

Movement or LGM [Steingrimur SIGFUSSON]; Liberal Party or LP [Gudjon

KRISTJANSSON]; Progressive Party or PP [Gudni AGUSTSSON]; Social

Democratic Alliance or SDA [Ingibjorg Solrun GISLADOTTIR] (includes

People's Alliance or PA, Social Democratic Party or SDP, Women's

List)

India

Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP [MAYAWATI]; Bharatiya Janata Party

or BJP [Rajnath SINGH]; Biju Janata Dal or BJD [Naveen PATNAIK];

Communist Party of India or CPI [Ardhendu Bhushan BARDHAN];

Communist Party of India-Marxist or CPI-M [Prakash KARAT]; Dravida

Munnetra Kazagham or DMK [M. KARUNANIDHI]; Indian National Congress

or INC [Sonia GANDHI]; Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) [Sharad YADAV];

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or JMM [Shibu SOREN]; Left Front (an alliance

of Indian leftist parties); Lok Jan Shakti Party or LJSP [Ram Vilas

PASWAN]; Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or MDMK [V.

Gopalswamy VAIKO]; Nationalist Congress Party or NCP [Sharad PAWAR];

Pattali Makkal Katchi or PMK [S. RAMADOSS]; Rashtriya Janata Dal or

RJD [Laloo Prasad YADAV]; Samajwadi Party or SP [Mulayam Singh

YADAV]; Shiromani Akali Dal or SAD [Parkash Singh BADAL]; Shiv Sena

or SS [Bal THACKERAY]; Telangana Rashtriya Samithi or TRS [K.

Chandrashekhar RAO]; Telugu Desam Party or TDP [Chandrababu NAIDU];

United Progressive Alliance or UPA [Sonia GANDHI] (India's ruling

party coalition of 12 political parties); note - India has dozens of

national and regional political parties; only parties or coalitions

with four or more seats in the People's Assembly are listed

Indonesia

Crescent Moon and Star Party or PBB [MS KABAN]; Democratic

Party or PD [Hadi UTOMO]; Functional Groups Party or Golkar [Yusuf

KALLA]; Indonesia Democratic Party-Struggle or PDI-P [MEGAWATI

Sukarnoputri]; National Awakening Party or PKB; National Mandate

Party or PAN [Sutrisno BACHIR]; Prosperous Justice Party or PKS

[Tifatul SEMBIRING]; United Development Party or PPP [Suryadharma

ALI]

Iran

formal political parties are a relatively new phenomenon in

Iran and most conservatives still prefer to work through political

pressure groups rather than parties, and often political parties or

coalitions are formed prior to elections and disbanded soon

thereafter; a loose pro-reform coalition called the 2nd Khordad

Front, which includes political parties as well as less formal

groups and organizations, achieved considerable success at elections

to the sixth Majles in early 2000; groups in the coalition include:

Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF), Executives of Construction

Party (Kargozaran), Solidarity Party, Islamic Labor Party, Mardom

Salari, Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (MIRO), and

Militant Clerics Society (Ruhaniyun); the coalition participated in

the seventh Majles elections in early 2004; following his defeat in

the 2005 presidential elections, former MCS Secretary General and

sixth Majles Speaker Mehdi KARUBI formed the National Trust Party; a

new conservative group, Islamic Iran Developers Coalition

(Abadgaran), took a leading position in the new Majles after winning

a majority of the seats in February 2004; following the 2004 Majles

elections, traditional and hardline conservatives have attempted to

close ranks under the United Front of Principlists; the IIPF has

repeatedly complained that the overwhelming majority of its

candidates have been unfairly disqualified from the 2008 elections

Iraq

Assyrian Democratic Movement [Yunadim KANNA]; Badr Organization

[Hadi al-AMIRI]; Constitutional Monarchy Movement or CMM [Sharif Ali

Bin al-HUSAYN]; Da'wa al-Islamiya Party [Ibrahim al-JA'FARI];

General Conference of Iraqi People [Adnan al-DULAYMI]; Independent

Iraqi Alliance or IIA [Falah al-NAQIB]; Iraqi Communist Party [Hamid

MAJEED]; Iraqi Front for National Dialogue [Salih al-MUTLAQ]; Iraqi

Hizballah [Karim Mahmud al-MUHAMMADAWI]; Iraqi Independent Democrats

or IID [Adnan PACHACHI, Mahdi al-HAFIZ]; Iraqi Islamic Party or IIP

[Tariq al-HASHIMI]; Iraqi National Accord or INA [Ayad ALLAWI];

Iraqi National Congress or INC [Ahmad CHALABI]; Iraqi National

Council for Dialogue or INCD [Khalaf Ulayan al-Khalifawi

al-DULAYMI]; Iraqi National Unity Movement or INUM [Ahmad

al-KUBAYSI]; Islamic Action Organization or IAO [Ayatollah Muhammad

al-MUDARRISI]; Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq or ISCI [Abd al-Aziz

al-HAKIM]; Jama'at al Fadilah or JAF [Muhammad Ali al-YAQUBI];

Kurdistan Democratic Party or KDP [Masud BARZANI]; Kurdistan Islamic

Union [Salah ad-Din Muhammad BAHA al-DIN]; National Reconciliation

and Liberation Party [Mishan al-JABBURI]; Patriotic Union of

Kurdistan or PUK [Jalal TALABANI]; Sadrist Trend [Muqtada al-SADR]

(not an organized political party, but it fields independent

candidates affiliated with Muqtada al-SADR); Sahawa al-Iraq [Ahmed

al-RISHAWI]

note: the Kurdistan Alliance, Iraqi National List, Tawafuq Front,

Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, and Unified Iraqi Alliance were

only electoral slates consisting of the representatives from the

various Iraqi political parties

Ireland

Fianna Fail [Brian COWEN]; Fine Gael [Enda KENNY]; Green

Party [John GORMLEY]; Labor Party [Eamon GILMORE]; Progressive

Democrats [Mary HARNEY, acting leader]; Sinn Fein [Gerry ADAMS];

Socialist Party [Joe HIGGINS]; The Workers' Party [Sean GARLAND]

Isle of Man

Alliance for Progressive Government; Liberal Vannin

Party [Peter KARRAN]; Man Labor Party; Man Nationalist Party (Mec

Vannin) [Bernard MOFFATT]

note: most members sit as independents

Israel

Balad [Azmi BISHARA]; Democratic Front for Peace and Equality

(HADASH) [Muhammad BARAKEH]; GIL (Pensioners) [Rafael "Rafi" EITAN];

Kadima [Tzipora "Tzipi" LIVNI]; Labor Party [Ehud BARAK]; Likud

[Binyamin NETANYAHU]; Meretz-Yachad [Haim ORON]; National Democratic

Assembly (Balad) [Jamal ZAHALKA]; National Union (NU)/National

Religious Party (NRP) [Binyamin ELON]; SHAS [Eliyahu YISHAI]; Torah

and Shabbat Judaism or UTJ [Yaakov LITZMAN]; United Arab List

[Ibrahim SARSUR]; Yisrael Beiteinu [Avigdor LIEBERMAN]

Italy

Silvio BERLUSCONI coalition: People of Freedom or PdL [Silvio

BERLUSCONI]; Lega Nord or LN [Umberto BOSSI]; Movement for Autonomy

or MpA [Raffaele LOMBARDO]

Walter VELTRONI coalition: Democratic Party or PD [Walter VELTRONI];

Italy of Values or IdV [Antonio DI PIETRO]

other non-allied parties: Union of the Centre or UdC [Savino

PEZZOTTA]

Jamaica

Jamaica Labor Party or JLP [Bruce GOLDING]; People's

National Party or PNP [Portia SIMPSON-MILLER]; National Democratic

Movement or NDM [Michael WILLIAMS]

Japan

Democratic Party of Japan or DPJ [Ichiro OZAWA]; Japan

Communist Party or JCP [Kazuo SHII]; Komeito [Akihiro OTA]; Liberal

Democratic Party or LDP [Taro ASO]; Social Democratic Party or SDP

[Mizuho FUKUSHIMA]

Jersey

two declared parties: Centre Party; Jersey Democratic Alliance

note: all senators and deputies elected in 2005 were independents

Jordan

al-Ahd Party; Arab Islamic Democratic Movement [Yusuf ABU

BAKR]; Arab Land Party [Dr. Ayishah Salih HIJAZAYN]; Arab Socialist

Ba'th Party [Taysir al-HIMSI]; Ba'th Arab Progressive Party [Fu'ad

DABBUR]; Freedom Party; Future Party; Islamic Action Front or IAF

[Zaki Sa'ed BANI IRSHEID]; Islamic Center Party [Marwan al-FAURI];

Jordanian Arab Ansar Party; Jordanian Arab New Dawn Party; Jordanian

Arab Party; Jordanian Citizens' Rights Movement; Jordanian Communist

Party [Munir HAMARINAH]; Jordanian Communist Workers Party;

Jordanian Democratic Left Party [Musa MA'AYTEH]; Jordanian

Democratic Popular Unity Party [Sa'id Dhiyab Ali MUSTAFA]; Jordanian

Generations Party [Muhammad KHALAYLEH]; Jordanian Green Party

[Muhammad BATAYNEH]; Jordanian Labor Party [Dr. Mazin Sulayman

Jiryis HANNA]; Jordanian Peace Party; Jordanian People's Committees

Movement; Jordanian People's Democratic Party (Hashd) [Ahmad YUSUF];

Jordanian Rafah Party; Jordanian Renaissance Party; Mission Party;

Nation Party [Ahmad al-HANANDEH]; National Action Party (Haqq)

[Tariq al-KAYYALI]; National Constitutional Party [Abdul Hadi

MAJALI]; National Popular Democratic Movement [Mahmud al-NUWAYHI];

Progressive Party [Fawwaz al-ZUBI]

Kazakhstan

Adilet (Justice) [Maksut NARIKBAYEV, Zeynulla

ALSHIMBAYEV, Bakhytbek AKHMETZHAN, Yerkin ONGARBAYEV, Tolegan

SYDYKOV] (formerly Democratic Party of Kazakhstan); Agrarian and

Industrial Union of Workers Block or AIST (Agrarian Party and Civic

Party); Ak Zhol Party (Bright Path) [Alikhan BAIMENOV]; Auyl

(Village) [Gani KALIYEV]; Communist Party of Kazakhstan or KPK

[Serikbolsyn ABDILDIN]; Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan

[Vladislav KOSAREV]; National Social Democratic Party

(NSDP)[Zharmakhan TUYAKBAY]; Nur-Otan [Bakhytzhan ZHUMAGULOV] (the

Agrarian, Asar, and Civic parties merged with Otan); Patriots' Party

[Gani KASYMOV]; Rukhaniyat (Spirituality) [Altynshash ZHAGANOVA]

Kenya

Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Kenya or FORD-Kenya

[Musikari KOMBO]; Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-People or

FORD-People [Simeon NYACHAE]; Kenya African National Union or KANU

[Uhuru KENYATTA]; National Rainbow Coalition-Kenya or NARC-Kenya

[Raphael TUJU]; Orange Democratic Movement or ODM [Raila ODINGA];

Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya or ODM-K [Kalonzo MUSYOKA]; Party

of National Unity or PNU [Mwai KIBAKI]; Shirikisho Party of Kenya or

SPK [Chirau Ali MWAKWERE]

Kiribati

Boutokaan Te Koaua Party or BTK [Taberannang TIMEON];

Maneaban Te Mauri Party or MTM [Teburoro TITO]; Maurin Kiribati Pati

or MKP; National Progressive Party or NPP [Dr. Harry TONG]

note: there is no tradition of formally organized political parties

in Kiribati; they more closely resemble factions or interest groups

because they have no party headquarters, formal platforms, or party

structures

Korea, North

major party - Korean Workers' Party or KWP [KIM Jong

Il]; minor parties - Chondoist Chongu Party [RYU Mi Yong] (under KWP

control), Social Democratic Party [KIM Yong Dae] (under KWP control)

Korea, South

Creative Korea Party or CKP [MOON Kook-hyun];

Democratic Labor Party or DLP [CHUN Young-se]; Grand National Party

or GNP [PARK Hee-tae]; Liberty Forward Party or LFP [LEE Hoi-chang];

Democratic Party or DP [CHUNG Sye-kyun] (formerly the United

Democratic Party or UDP)

Kosovo

Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo or PShDK [Mark

KRASNIQI]; Alliance for the Future of Kosovo or AAK [Ramush

HARADINAJ]; Alliance of Independent Social Democrats of Kososvo and

Metohija or SDSKIM [Slavisa PETKOVIC]; Autonomous Liberal Party of

SLS [Slobodan PETROVIC]; Bosniak Vakat Coalition [Dzezair MURATI];

Citizens' Initiative of Gora or GIG [Murselj HALILI]; Council of

Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo or SNSDKIM [Ljubisa ZIVIC];

Democratic League of Dardania or LDD [Nexhat DACI]; Democratic

League of Kosovo or LDK [Fatmir SEJDIU]; Democratic Party of Ashkali

of Kosovo or PDAK [Sabit RAHMANI]; Democratic Party of Kosovo or PDK

[Hashim THACI]; Kosovo Democratic Turkish Party of KDTP [Mahir

YAGCILAR]; New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo or IRDK [Xhevdet

NEZIRAJ]; New Democratic Party or ND [Branislav GRBIC]; New Kosovo

Alliance or AKR [Behxhet PACOLLI]; Popular Movement of Kosovo or LPK

[Emrush XHEMAJLI]; Reform Party Ora; Serb National Party or SNS

[Mihailo SCEPANOVIC]; Serbian Kosovo and Metohija Party or SKMS

[Dragisa MIRIC]; United Roma Party of Kosovo or PREBK [Haxhi Zylfi

MERXHA]; Democratic Action Party or SDA [Numan BALIC]; Serbian List

for Kosovo and Metohija [Oliver IVANOVIC]; Serbian National Council

of Northern Kosovo and Metohija or SNV [Milan IVANOVIC]; Democratic

Party of Bosniaks [Dzezair MURAIT]; Democratic Party Vatan [Sadik

IDRIZI]; Gorani Citizens Initiative [Mursel HALJILJI]; Serbian

People Party [Mihailo SCEPANOVIC]; Serbian Democratic Party of

Kosovo and Metohija [Slavisa PETKOVIC]; Serb Liberal Party [Slobodan

PETROVIC]; Independent League of Social-Democrats of Kosovo and

Metohija [Ljubisa ZIVIC]

Kuwait

none; formation of political parties is in practice illegal

but is not forbidden by law

Kyrgyzstan

Ak Jol [Avtandil ARABAYEV, Elmira IBRAIMOVA, Vladimir

NIFADYEV, co-chairs]; Ar-Namys (Dignity) Party [Emil ALIYEV]; Asaba

(Banner National Revival Party) [Azimbek BEKNAZAROV]; Ata-Meken

(Fatherland) [Omurbek TEKEBAYEV]; Democratic Movement of Kyrgyzstan

or DDK [Viktor TCHETRNOMORETS]; Erkindik (Freedom) Party [Topchubek

TURGUNALIYEV]; Moya Strana (My Country Party of Action) [Medet

SADYRKULOV]; Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan or KCP [Ishak

MASALIYEV]; Party of Justice and Progress [Muratbek IMANALIEV];

Party of Peasants [Esengul ISAKOV]; Republican Party of Labor and

Unity [Tabaldy OROZALIYEV]; Sanjira (Tree of Life) [Ednan

KARABAYEV]; Social Democratic Party [Almaz ATAMBAYEV]; Union of

Democratic Forces [Kubatbek BAIBOLOV]

Laos

Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [CHOUMMALI Saignason];

other parties proscribed

Latvia

First Party of Latvia/Latvia's Way or LPP/LC [Ainars SLESERS,

Ivars GODMANIS]; For Human Rights in a United Latvia or PCTVL

[Jakovs PLINERS]; For the Fatherland and Freedom/Latvian National

Independence Movement or TB/LNNK [Roberts ZILE, Maris GRINBLATS];

Harmony Center or SC [Janis URBANOVICS, Nils USAKOVS]; Latvian

Social Democratic Workers Party (Social Democrats) or LSDSP [Juris

BOJARS]; Latvian Socialist Party or LSP [Alfreds RUBIKS]; New

Democrats or JD [Maris GULBIS]; New Era Party or JL [Einars REPSE,

Krisjanis KARINS]; People's Party or TP [Aigars KALVITIS]; The Union

of Latvian Greens and Farmers Party or ZZS [Augusts BRIGMANIS]

Lebanon

14 March Coalition: Democratic Gathering Bloc [Walid

JUNBLATT, leader of Progressive Socialist Party]; Democratic Left

[Ilyas ATALLAH]; Democratic Renewal Movement [Nassib LAHUD]; Future

Movement Bloc [Sa'ad HARIRI]; Kataeb Party [Amine GEMAYEL]; Lebanese

Forces [Samir JA'JA]; Tripoli Independent Bloc

8 March Coalition: Development and Resistance Bloc [Nabih BERRI,

leader of Amal Movement]; Free Patriotic Movement [Michel AWN];

Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc [Mohammad RA'AD] (includes Hizballah

Party [Hassan NASRALLAH]); Nasserite Popular Movement [Ussama SAAD];

Popular Bloc [Elias SKAFF]; Syrian Ba'th Party [Sayez SHUKR]; Syrian

Social Nationalist Party [Ali QANSO]

Independent: Metn Bloc [Michel MURR]; Tashnaq

Lesotho

Alliance of Congress Parties or ACP; All Basotho Convention

or ABC [Thomas THABANE]; Basotholand African Congress or BAC

[Khauhelo RALITAPOLE]; Basotho Congress Party or BCP [Ntsukunyane

MPHANYA]; Basotho National Party or BNP [Maj. Gen. Justin Metsing

LEKHANYA]; Kopanang Basotho Party or KPB [Pheelo MOSALA]; Lesotho

Congress for Democracy or LCD (the governing party) [Pakalitha

MOSISILI]; Lesotho Education Party or LEP [Thabo PITSO]; Lesotho

Workers Party or LWP [Macaefa BILLY]; Marematlou Freedom Party or

MFP [Vincent MALEBO]; National Independent Party or NIP [Anthony

MANYELI]; New Lesotho Freedom Party or NLFP [Manapo MAJARA]; Popular

Front for Democracy or PFD [Lekhetho RAKUOANE]; Sefate Democratic

Union or SDU [Bofihla NKUEBE]; Social Democratic Party of SDP

[Masitise SELESO]

Liberia

Alliance for Peace and Democracy or APD [Togba-na TIPOTEH];

Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia or COTOL [H. Varney

SHERMAN]; Congress for Democratic Change or CDC [George WEAH];

Liberty Party or LP [Charles BRUMSKINE]; National Patriotic Party or

NPP [Roland MASSAQUOI]; Unity Party or UP [Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF]

Libya

none

Liechtenstein

Patriotic Union or VU [Adolf HEEB] (was Fatherland

Union); Progressive Citizens' Party or FBP [Marcus VOGT]; The Free

List or FL [Claudia HEEB-FLECK and Egon MATT]