Fianna Fail [Brian COWEN]; Fine Gael [Enda KENNY]; Green
Party [John GORMLEY]; Labor Party [Eamon GILMORE]; Progressive
Democrats [Ciaran CANNON] (disbanding); Sinn Fein [Gerry ADAMS];
Socialist Party [Joe HIGGINS]; The Workers' Party [Mick FINNEGAN]
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]; Kadima [Tzipora "Tzipi" LIVNI]; Labor
Party [Ehud BARAK]; Likud [Binyamin NETANYAHU]; National Union
[Yaakov KATZ]; The Jewish Home (HaBayit HaYehudi) [Daniel
HERSCHKOWITZ]; SHAS [Eliyahu YISHAI]; The New Movement-Meretz [Haim
ORON]; United Arab List-Ta'al [Ibrahim SARSUR]; United Torah Judaism
or UTJ [Yaakov LITZMAN]; Yisrael Beiteinu or YB [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 Center 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 [Yukio HATOYAMA]; Japan
Communist Party or JCP [Kazuo SHII]; Komeito [Natsuo YAMAGUCHI];
Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Sadakazu TANIGAKI]; Social
Democratic Party or SDP [Mizuho FUKUSHIMA]
Jersey
two declared parties: Centre Party; Jersey Democratic Alliance
note: all senators and deputies elected in 2008 were independents
Jordan
Arab Ba'ath Socialist Party [Fuad DABBOUR]; Ba'ath Arab
Progressive Party [Tayseer al-HAMSI]; Call Party [Mohammed Abu
BAKR]; Democratic People's Party [Ahmad Yusuf 'ALIYA]; Democratic
Popular Unity Party [Sa'ed DIAB]; Islamic Action Front or IAF [Ishaq
al-FARHAN]; Islamic Center Party [Marwan al-FA'OURI; Jordanian
Communist Party [Munir HAMARNEH]; Jordanian National Party [Mona Abu
BAKR]; Jordanian United Front [Amjad al-MAJALI]; Life Party [Thaher
'AMROU]; Message Party [Hazem QASHOU]; National Constitution Party
[Ahmed al-SHUNAQ]; National Movement for Direct Democracy [Mohammed
al-QAQ];
Kazakhstan
Adilet (Justice) [Maksut NARIKBAYEV, Zeynulla
ALSHIMBAYEV, Serik ABDRAHMANOV, 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]; Alga [Vladimir KOZLOV] (unregistered); Auyl
(Village) [Gani KALIYEV]; Azat Party (formerly True Ak Zhol Party)
[Bolat ABILOV]; 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 [Reuben OYONDI]; Kenya African National Union or KANU
[Uhuru KENYATTA]; National Rainbow Coalition-Kenya or NARC-Kenya
[Martha KARUA]; 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
Democratic Party or DP [CHUNG Sye-kyun] (formerly the
United Democratic Party or UDP); Democratic Labor Party or DLP [KANG
Ki-kabi]; Grand National Party or GNP [CHUNG Mong-joon]; Liberty
Forward Party or LFP [LEE Hoi-chang]; Pro-Park Alliance or PPA [SUH
Choung-won]; Renewal Korea Party or RKP [MOON Kook-hyun]
Kosovo
Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo or PShDK [Tome
MARKU]; Alliance for the Future of Kosovo or AAK [Ramush HARADINAJ];
Alliance for a New Kosovo or AKR [Behgjet PACOLLI]; Alliance of
Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo 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 HALJILJI]; Council of Independent
Social Democrats of Kosovo or SNSDKIM [Ljubisa ZIVIC]; Democratic
Action Party or SDA [Numan BALIC]; Democratic Ashkali Party of
Kosovo or PDAK; 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]; Democratic Party Vatan [Sadik IDRIZI];
Democratic Union of Ashkalis or BDA [Sabit RRAHMANI]; Justice Party
or PD [Sylejman QERKEZI]; Kosovo Democratic Turkish Party of KDTP
[Mahir YAGCILAR]; Liberal Party of Kosovo or PLK [Gjergi DEDAJ]; 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 [Teuta SAHATCIA]; Serb National Party or
SNS [Mihailo SCEPANOVIC]; Serbian Kosovo and Metohija Party or SKMS
[Dragisa MIRIC]; Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija [Oliver
IVANOVIC]; Social Democratic Party of Kosovo or PSDK [Agim CEKU];
United Roma Party of Kosovo or PREBK [Haxhi Zylfi MERXHA]
Kuwait
none; formation of political parties is in practice illegal
but is not forbidden by law
Kyrgyzstan
Ak Jol (Good Luck) [Avtandil ARABAEV, Elmira IBRAIMOVA,
Vladimir NIFADYEV, co-chairs]; Ak Shumkar (Gerfalcon) [Temir
SARIYEV]; Ar-Namys (Dignity) Party [Emil ALIEV]; Asaba (Banner
National Revival Party) [Sovetbek JAMALDINOV]]; Ata-Meken
(Fatherland) [Omurbek TEKEBAEV]; Democratic Movement of Kyrgyzstan
or DDK [Viktor TCHETRNOMORETS]; Erkindik (Freedom) Party [Topchubek
TURGUNALIEV]; For Justice Movement [Alikbek JEKSHENKULOV]; Green
Party [Erkin BULEKBAEV]; Moya Strana (My Country Party of Action)
[Medet SADYRKULOV]; Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan or KCP [Iskhak
MASALIEV]; Party of Justice and Progress [Muratbek IMANALIEV]; Party
of Peasants [Esengul ISAKOV]; Republican Party of Labor and Unity
[Tabaldy OROZALIEV]; Revolutionary Committee [Azimbek BEKNAZAROV];
Sanjira (Tree of Life) [Ednan KARABAEV]; Social Democratic Party of
Kyrgyzstan [Almaz ATAMBAEV]; Svoboda Vybora (Free Choice) Party
[Vyacheslav LISOVSKIY]; Turan Party [Kanybek IMANALIYEV]; Uluu
Birimdik (Solidarity) Party [Emilbek KAPTAGAEV]; Union of Democratic
Forces [Osmon ARTYKBAEV]; United Kyrgyzstan [Amangeldi MURALIEV]
Laos
Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [CHOUMMALI Saignason];
other parties proscribed
Latvia
Civic Union [Sandra KALNIETE, Girts Valdis KRISTOVSKIS];
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, Tatjana ZDANOKA]; For the Fatherland and Freedom/Latvian
National Independence Movement or TB/LNNK [Roberts ZILE, Maris
GRINBLATS]; Harmony Center or SC [Nils USAKOVS, Janis URBANOVICS];
New Era Party or JL [Solvita ABOLTINA, Dzintars ZAKIS]; People's
Party or TP [Mareks SEGLINS]; Society for Different Politics or SCP
[Aigars STOKENBERGS; Artis PABRIKS]; 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 al-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 including the Lesotho
People's Congress or LCP [Kelebone MAOPE], the Basotholand African
Congress or BAC [Khauhelo RALITAPOLE], and a faction of the Basotho
Congress Party or BCP [Ntsukunyane MPHANYA]; All Basotho Convention
or ABC [Thomas THABANE]; Basotho Batho Democratic Party or BBDP;
Basotho Congress Party or BCP; Basotho Democratic National Party or
BDNP [Thabang NYEOE]; Basotho National Party or BNP [Maj. Gen.
Justin Metsing LEKHANYA]; Basotholand African National Congress or
BANC; Christian Democratic Party or CDP [Enerst RAMOKOENA]; Lesotho
Congress for Democracy or LCD (the governing party) [Pakalitha
MOSISILI]; Lesotho Workers Party or LWP [Macaefa BILLY]; National
Independent Party or NIP [Anthony MANYELI]
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
Die Freie Liste (The Free List) or FL [Claudia
HEEB-FLECK and Egon MATT]; Fortschrittliche Buergerpartei
(Progressive Citizens' Party) or FBP [Marcus VOGT]; Vaterlaendische
Union (Fatherland Union) or VU [Adolf HEEB]
Lithuania
Civil Democracy Party or PDP [Viktor MUNTIANAS]; Coalition
of Labor Party and Youth or KDP+J [Viktor USPASKICH]; Electoral
Action of Lithuanian Poles or LLRA [Valdemar TOMASZEVSKI]; Homeland
Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats or TS-LKD [Andrius KUBILIUS];
Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union or LVLS [Kazimiera PRUNSKIENE];
Liberal and Center Union or LCS [Arturas ZUOKAS]; Liberal Movement
or LRLS [Eligijus MASIULIS]; National Revival or TPP [Arunas
VALINSKAS]; New Union (Social Liberal) or NS [Arturas PAULAUSKAS];
Order and Justice Party or TT [Rolandas PAKSAS]; Social Democratic
Party or LSDP [Gediminas KIRKILAS]; Young Lithuania and New
Nationalists [Stanislovas BUSKEVICIUS]
Luxembourg
Alternative Democratic Reform Party or ADR [Robert
MEHLEN]; Christian Social People's Party or CSV [Francois BILTGEN];
Democratic Party or DP [Claude MEISCH]; Green Party [Francois
BAUSCH]; dei Lenk/la Gauche (the Left); Luxembourg Socialist
Workers' Party or LSAP [Alex BODRY]; other minor parties
Macau
New Hope [Jose Maria Pereira COUTINHO]; Development Union
[KWAN Tsui-hang]; Macau Development Alliance [Angela LEONG On-kei];
Macau United Citizens' Association [CHAN Meng-kam]; New Democratic
Macau Association [Antonio NG Kuok-cheong]; Union for Promoting
Progress [LEONG Heng-teng]
note: there is no political party ordinance, so there are no
registered political parties; politically active groups register as
societies or companies
Macedonia
Democratic Alliance [Pavle TRAJANOV]; Democratic League of
Bosniaks [Rafet MUMINOVIC]; Democratic Party of Albanians or
PDSh/DPA [Menduh THACI]; Democratic Party of Serbs [Ivan
STOILJKOVIC]; Democratic Party of Turks [Kenan HASIPI]; Democratic
Renewal of Macedonia [Liljana POPOVSKA]; Democratic Union of
Albanians or BDSh [Bardyl MAHMUTI]; Democratic Union of Vlachs for
Macedonia [Mitko KOSTOV]; Democratic Union for Integration or
BDI/DUI [Ali AHMETI]; For a Better Macedonia coalition [Nikola
GRUEVSKI] (includes VMRO-DPMNE, SP, Democratic Union, Democratic
Renewal of Macedonia, Democratic Party of Turks, Democratic Party of
Serbs, SR, and smaller parties); Internal Macedonian Revolutionary
Organization-Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity or
VMRO-DPMNE [Nikola GRUEVSKI]; League for Democracy [Gjorgi
MARJANOVIC]; Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Jovan MANSIEVSKI];
Liberal Party [Stojan ANDOV]; National Alternative [Harun ALIU];
National Democratic Union or BDK [Hysni SHAQIR]; New Democracy of
DR/ND [Imer SELMANI]; New Social Democratic Party or NSDP [Tito
PETKOVSKI]; Party for Democratic Prosperity or PPD/PDP [Sefedin
HARUNI]; Party for European Future or PEI [Fijat CANOSKI]; Party of
Free Democrats or PSD [Ljubco JORDANOVSKI]; Social Democratic
Alliance of Macedonia or SDSM [Zoran ZAEV]; Socialist Party of
Macedonia or SP [Ljubisav IVANOV-ZINGO]; Sun-Coalition for Europe
[Radmila SKERINSKA] (includes SDSM, NSDP, LDP, Liberal Party and
smaller parties); Union of Romas or SR [Shaban SALIU]; United Party
for Emancipation or OPE [Nezdet MUSTAFA]
Madagascar
Association for the Rebirth of Madagascar or AREMA
[Pierrot RAJAONARIVELO]; Democratic Party for Union in Madagascar or
PSDUM [Jean LAHINIRIKO]; Economic Liberalism and Democratic Action
for National Recovery or LEADER/Fanilo [Herizo RAZAFIMAHALEO];
Fihaonana Party or FP [Guy-Willy RAZANAMASY]; I Love Madagascar or
TIM [Marc RAVALOMANANA]; Renewal of the Social Democratic Party or
RPSD [Evariste MARSON]
Malawi
Alliance for Democracy or AFORD [Dindi NYASULU]; Congress of
Democrats or CODE [Ralph KASAMBARA]; Democratic Progressive Party or
DPP [Bingu wa MUTHARIKA]; Malawi Congress Party or MCP [John TEMBO];
Malawi Democratic Party or MDP [Kampelo KALUA]; Malawi Forum for
Unity and Development or MAFUNDE [George MNESA]; Maravi People's
Party [Uladi MUSSA]; National Unity Party or NUP [Harry CHIUME]; New
Rainbow Coalition Party [Beatrice MWALE]; New Republican Party
[Gwanda CHAKUWAMBA]; People's Progressive Movement or PPM [Aleke
BANDA]; People's Transformation Movement or PETRA [Kamuzu CHIBAMBO];
Republican Party or RP [Stanley MASAULI]; United Democratic Front or
UDF [Bakili MULUZI]; United Democratic Party [Kenedy KALAMBO]
Malaysia
National Front (Barisan Nasional) or BN (ruling coalition)
consists of the following parties: Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia Party or
PGRM [KOH Tsu Koon]; Liberal Democratic Party (Parti Liberal
Demokratik - Sabah) or LDP [LIEW Vui Keong]; Malaysian Chinese
Association (Persatuan China Malaysia) or MCA [ONG Tee Keat];
Malaysian Indian Congress (Kongres India Malaysia) or MIC [S. Samy
VELLU]; Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah or PBRS [Joseph KURUP]; Parti
Bersatu Sabah or PBS [Joseph PAIRIN Kitingan]; Parti Pesaka
Bumiputera Bersatu or PBB [Abdul TAIB Mahmud]; Parti Rakyat Sarawak
or PRS [James MASING]; Sarawak United People's Party (Parti Bersatu
Rakyat Sarawak) or SUPP [George CHAN Hong Nam]; United Malays
National Organization or UMNO [NAJIB bin Abdul Razak]; United
Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organization (Pertubuhan Pasko
Momogun Kadazan Dusun Bersatu) or UPKO [Bernard DOMPOK]; People's
Progressive Party (Parti Progresif Penduduk Malaysia) or PPP
[M.Kayveas]; Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party or SPDP [William
MAWAN])
People's Alliance (Pakatan Rakyat) or PR (opposition coalition)
consists of the following parties: Democratic Action Party (Parti
Tindakan Demokratik) or DAP [KARPAL Singh]; Islamic Party of
Malaysia (Parti Islam se Malaysia) or PAS [Abdul HADI Awang];
People's Justice Party (Parti Keadilan Rakyat) or PKR [WAN AZIZAH
Wan Ismail]; Sarawak National Party or SNAP [Edwin DUNDANG]
independent party: Sabah Progressive Party (Parti Progresif Saban)
or SAPP [YONG Teck Lee]
Maldives
Adhaalath (Justice) Party or AP [Abdul Majeed Abdul BARI];
Dhivehi Quamee Party or DQP [Hassan SAEED]; Dhivehi Rayyithunge
Party (Maldivian People's Party) or DRP [Maumoon Abdul GAYOOM];
Islamic Democratic Party or IDP [Omar NASEER]; Maldivian Democratic
Party or MDP [Mohamed NASHEED]; People's Alliance or PA [Abdullah
YAMEEN]; Republican (Jumhooree) Party [Gasim IBRAHIM]; Social
Liberal Party or SLP [Ibrahim ISMAIL]
Mali
Alliance for Democratic Change (political group comprised
mainly of Tuareg from Mali's northern region); African Solidarity
for Democracy and Independence or SADI [Oumar MARIKO, secretary
general]; Alliance for Democracy and Progress or ADP (a coalition of
political parties including ADEMA and URD formed in December 2006 to
support the presidential candidacy of Amadou TOURE); Alliance for
Democracy or ADEMA [Diounconda TRAORE]; Convergence 2007 [Soumeylou
Boubeye MAIGA]; Front for Democracy and the Republic or FDR (a
coalition of political parties including RPM and PARENA formed to
oppose the presidential candidacy of Amadou TOURE); National
Congress for Democratic Initiative or CNID [Mountaga TALL]; Party
for Democracy and Progress or PDP [Mady KONATE]; Party for National
Renewal or PARENA [Tiebile DRAME]; Patriotic Movement for Renewal or
MPR [Choguel MAIGA]; Rally for Democracy and Labor or RDT [Amadou
Ali NIANGADOU]; Rally for Mali or RPM [Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA];
Sudanese Union/African Democratic Rally or US/RDA [Mamadou Basir
GOLOGO]; Union for Democracy and Development or UDD [Moussa Balla
COULIBALY]; Union for Republic and Democracy or URD [Soumaila CISSE]
Malta
Alternativa Demokratika/Alliance for Social Justice or AD
[Arnold CASSOLA]; Azzjoni Nazzjonaili or AN [Josi MUSCAT]; Malta
Labor Party or MLP [Joseph MUSCAT]; Nationalist Party or PN
[Lawrence GONZI]
Marshall Islands
traditionally there have been no formally organized
political parties; what has existed more closely resembles factions
or interest groups because they do not have party headquarters,
formal platforms, or party structures; the following two "groupings"
have competed in legislative balloting in recent years - Aelon Kein
Ad Party [Michael KABUA] and United Democratic Party or UDP [Litokwa
TOMEING]
Mauritania
Alternative or El-Badil [Mohamed Yahdhi Ould MOCTAR
HACEN]; Centrist Reformists (independent moderate Islamists)
[Mohamed Jamil MANSOUR]; Coalition for Forces for Democratic Change
or CFCD (coalition of political parties including APP, Centrist
Reformists (independent moderate Islamists), HATEM-PMUC, PUDS, RD,
RFD, UFP); Democratic Renewal or RD [Moustapha Ould
ABDEIDARRAHMANE]; Mauritanian Party for Unity and Change or
HATEM-PMUC [Saleh Ould HANENA]; Mithaq (coalition of independents
and parties associated with the former regime including Alternative
or El-Badil, PRDR, UDP, RDU); National Pact for Democracy and
Development or PNDD-ADIL (independents supporting President
Abdellahi) [Yahya Ould Ahmed Ould WAGHEF]; National Rally for
Freedom, Democracy and Equality or RNDLE; National Rally for Reform
and Development or Tawassoul (moderate Islamists) [Mohamed Jemil
Ould MANSOUR]; Popular Front or FP [Ch'bih Ould CHEIKH MALAININE];
Popular Progressive Alliance or APP [Messoud Ould BOULKHEIR]; Rally
of Democratic Forces or RFD [Ahmed Ould DADDAH]; Rally for Democracy
and Unity or RDU [Ahmed Ould SIDI BABA]; Republican Party for
Democracy and Renewal or PRDR [Boullah Ould MOGUEYA]; Socialist and
Democratic Unity Party or PUDS; Union for Democracy and Progress or
UDP [Naha Mint MOUKNASS]; Union of Democratic Center or UCD [Cheikh
Sid'Ahmed Ould BABA]; Union of the Forces for Progress or UFP
[Mohamed Ould MAOULOUD];
Mauritius
Alliance Sociale or AS [Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM] (governing
coalition - includes MLD, MMSM, MR, MSD, PMXD); Mauritian Labor
Party or MLP [Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM]; Mauritian Militant Movement
or MMM [Paul BERENGER]; Mauritian Socialist Militant Movement or
MMSM [Madan DULLOO]; Militant Socialist Movement or MSM [Pravind
JUGNAUTH]; Mouvement Republicain or MR [Jayarama VALAYDEN]; Parti
Mauricien Xavier Duval or PMXD [Xavier Luc DUVAL]; Rodrigues
Movement or MR [Joseph (Nicholas) Von MALLY]; Rodrigues Peoples
Organization or OPR [Serge CLAIR]
Mayotte
Democratic Front or FD [Youssouf MOUSSA]; Mahoran Popular
Movement or MPM [Ahmed MADI]; Federation of Mahorans or UMP-RPR
[Mansour KAMARDINE]; Force of the Rally and the Alliance for
Democracy or FRAP; Movement for Department Status Mayotte or MDM
[Mouhoutar SALIM]; Renewed Communist Party of Mayotte or MRC [Omar
SIMBA]; Socialist Party or PS [Ibrahim ABUBACAR] (local branch of
French Parti Socialiste); Union for French Democracy or UDF [Henri
JEAN-BAPTISTE]
Mexico
Convergence for Democracy or CD [Luis MALDONADO Venegas];
Institutional Revolutionary Party or PRI [Beatriz PAREDES]; Labor
Party or PT [Alberto ANAYA Gutierrez]; Mexican Green Ecological
Party or PVEM [Jorge Emilio GONZALEZ Martinez]; National Action
Party (Partido Accion Nacional) or PAN [German MARTINEZ Cazares];
New Alliance Party (Partido Nueva Alianza) or PNA [Jorge Antonio
KAHWAGI Macari]; Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la
Revolucion Democratica) or PRD [Leonel COTA Montano]; Social
Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party (Partido Alternativa
Socialdemocrata y Campesina) or Alternativa [Alberto BEGNE Guerra]
Micronesia, Federated States of
no formal parties
Moldova
Centrist Union or UCM [Vasile TARLEV]; Christian Democratic
People's Party or PPCD [Iurie ROSCA]; Communist Party of the
Republic of Moldova or PCRM [Vladimir VORONIN]; Democratic Party or
PD [Dumitru DIACOV]; Liberal Democratic Party or PLDM [Vladmir
FILAT]; Liberal Party or PL [Mihai GHIMPU]; National Liberal Party
or PNL [Vitalia PAVLICENKO]; Our Moldova Alliance or AMN [Serafim
URECHEAN]; Party for Social Democracy or PDSM [Dumitru BRAGHIS]
Monaco
Union for Monaco or UPM (including National Union for the
Future of Monaco or UNAM); Rally and Issues for Monaco or REM;
Monaco Together
Mongolia
Democratic Party or DP [Norov ALTANHUYAG]; Mongolian
People's Revolutionary Party or MPRP [Sanjaa BAYAR]
Montenegro
Albanian Alternative or AA [Vesel SINISHTAJ]; Coalition
for European Montenegro or DPS-SDP (bloc) [Milo DJUKANOVIC]
(includes Democratic Party of Socialists or DPS [Milo DJUKANOVIC]
and Social Democratic Party or SDP [Ranko KRIVOKAPIC]); Coalition
SNP-NS-DSS (bloc) (includes Socialist People's Party or SNP [Srdjan
MILIC], People's Party of Montenegro or NS [Predrag POPOVIC], and
Democratic Serbian Party of Montenegro or DSS [Ranko KADIC]);
Democratic League-Party of Democratic Prosperity or SPP [Mehmet
BARDHIJ]; Democratic Union of Albanians or DUA [Ferhat DINOSA];
Liberals and the Bosniak Party (bloc) [Miodrag ZIVKOVIC] (includes
Liberal Party of Montenegro or LP [Miodrag ZIVKOVIC] and Bosniak
Party or BS [Rafet HUSOVIC]); Movement for Changes or PZP [Nebojsa
MEDOJEVIC]; New Serb Democracy or NSD [Andrija MANDIC]; Serbian List
(bloc) [Andrija MANDIC] (includes Party of Serb Radicals or SSR
[Dusko SEKULIC], People's Socialist Party or NSS [Emilo LABUDOVIC],
and Serbian People's Party of Montenegro or SNS [Andrija MANDIC]);
Socialist People's Party of Montenegro or SNP [Srdjan MILIC]
Montserrat
Montserrat Democratic Party or MDP [Lowell LEWIS];
Movement for Change and Prosperity or MCAP [Roselyn CASSELL-SEALY];
New People's Liberation Movement or NPLM [John A. OSBORNE]