Christian Democratic Movement [Giorgi TARGAMADZE];
Conservative Party [Kakha KUKAVA]; Democratic Movement United
Georgia [Nino BURJANADZE]; For Fair Georgia [Zurab NOGAIDELI];
Georgian Party [Sozar SUBARI]; Georgian People's Front [Nodar
NATADZE]; Greens [Giorgi GACHECHILADZE]; Industry Will Save Georgia
(Industrialists) or IWSG [Georgi TOPADZE]; Labor Party [Shalva
NATELASHVILI]; National Democratic Party or NDP [Bachuki KARDAVA];
National Forum [Kakhaber SHARTAVA]; New Rights [David GAMKRELIDZE];
Our Georgia-Free Democrats (OGFD) [Irakli ALASANIA]; People's Party
[Koba DAVITASHVILI; Republican Party [David USUPASHVILI]; Socialist
Party or SPG [Irakli MINDELI]; Traditionalists [Akaki ASATIANI];
United National Movement or UNM [Mikheil SAAKASHVILI]
Germany
Alliance '90/Greens [Claudia ROTH and Cem OZDEMIR];
Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social
Union or CSU [Horst SEEHOFER]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Guido
WESTERWELLE]; Left Party or Die Linke [Klaus ERNST and Gesine
LOETZSCH]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Sigmar GABRIEL]
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
Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow or ANTARSYA
[Petros KONSTANTINOU]; Coalition of the Radical Left or SYRIZA
[Alexis TSIPRAS]; Communist Party of Greece or KKE [Aleka PAPARIGA];
Democratic Left [Fotis KOUVELIS]; Democratic Alliance or DISY
[Theodora BAKOGIANNI]; Ecologist Greens [Nikos CHRYSOGELOS]; Golden
Dawn [Nikolaos MICHALOLIAKOS]; New Democracy or ND [Antonis
SAMARAS]; Panhellenic Socialist Movement or PASOK [Georgios
PAPANDREOU]; Popular Orthodox Rally or LAOS [Georgios KARATZAFERIS]
Greenland
Atassut Party (Solidarity) [Gerhardt PETERSEN] (a
conservative party favoring continuing close relations with
Denmark); Demokratiit [Jens B. FREDERIKSEN]; Inuit Ataqatigiit or IA
(Eskimo Brotherhood) [Kuupik KLEIST] (a leftist party favoring
complete independence from Denmark rather than home rule);
Kattusseqatigiit (Candidate List) [Anthon FREDERIKSEN] (an
independent right-of-center party with no official platform); Siumut
(Forward Party) [Alega HAMMOND] (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 [Michael PHILLIPS]; Republican Party [Philip
J. FLORES] (controls the legislature)
Guatemala
Center of Social Action or CASA [Feliz Adolfo RUANO de
Leon]; Democracy Front or FRENTE [Alfonso CABRERA]; Democratic Union
or UD [Edwin Armando MARTINEZ Herrera]; Encounter for Guatemala or
EG [Nineth MONTENGRO]; Grand National Alliance or GANA [Jaime
Antonio MARTINEZ Lohayza]; Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
or URNG [Hector Alfredo NUILA Ericastilla]; Guatemalan Republican
Front or FRG [Luis Fernando PEREZ]; Independent Bloc Guatemala or BG
[Macario Efrain OLIVA Muralles]; Independent Democratic Freedom
Renewed or LIDER [Manuel BALDIZON]; National Advancement Party or
PAN [Juan GUTIERREZ]; National Unity for Hope or UNE [Roberto
KESTLER Velasquez]; Nationalist Change Union or UCN [Mario ESTRADA];
Patriot Party or PP [Ingrid Roxana BALDETTI Elias]; Unionista Party
or PU [Alvaro ARZU Irigoyen]
Guernsey
none; all independents
Guinea
Democratic Union of Guinea or UDG [Mamadou SYLLA]; Guinean
Union for Democracy or UGD; New Democratic Forces or NDF [Muoctar
DIALLO]; Party for Unity and Progress or PUP [Sekouba KONATE]; Rally
for the Guinean People or RPG [Alpha CONDE]; Union for Progress and
Renewal or UPR [Ousmane BAH]; Union for Progress of Guinea or UPG
[Jean-Marie DORE, secretary-general]; Union of Democratic Forces of
Guinea or UFDG [Cellou Dalein DIALLO]; Union of Republican Forces or
UFR [Sidya TOURE]; United Front for Democracy and Change or FUDEC
[Francois FALL]
Guinea-Bissau
African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau
and Cape Verde or PAIGC [Carlos GOMES Junior]; Democratic Alliance
or AD [Victor MANDINGA]; Democratic Social Front or FDS [Rafael
BARBOSA]; Electoral Union or UE [Joaquim BALDE]; 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 [Lancuba INDJAI]; New Democracy Party or PND; Party for
Democratic Convergence or PCD [Victor MANDINGA]; Party for Renewal
and Progress or PRP; Party for Social Renewal or PRS [Kumba YALA];
Progress Party or PP; Republican Party for Independence and
Development or PRID [Aristides GOMES]; Union of Guinean Patriots or
UPG [Francisca VAZ]; Union for Change or UM [Amine SAAD]; United
Platform or UP (coalition formed by PCD, FDS, FLING, and RGB-MB);
United Popular Alliance or APU; United Social Democratic Party or
PUSD [Frnacisco FADUL]
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]; Fanmi Lavalas or FL [Rudy HERIVEAUX]; 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]; 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 Ordonez];
Democratic Unification Party or PUD [Cesar HAM]; Liberal Party or PL
[Roberto MICHELETTI Bain]; National Party or PN [Antonio ALVAREZ
Arias]; Social Democratic Innovation and Unity Party or PINU [Jorge
Rafael AGUILAR Paredes]
Hong Kong
parties: Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood
or ADPL [LIU Sung Lee]; Civic Party [Audrey EU Yuet-mee]; Democratic
Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong or DAB [TAM
Yiu Cheng]; Democratic Party [Albert HO Chun-yan]; League of Social
Democrats [Raymond WONG Yuk-man]; Liberal Party [Miriam LAU
Kin-yee]; The Frontier (disbanded)
others: Confederation of Trade Unions or CTU; Federation of Trade
Unions or FTU; Neighborhood and Workers Service Center or NWSC
note: political blocs include: pro-democracy - ADPL, Civic Party,
Democratic Party, League of Social Democrats; pro-Beijing - DAB,
Liberal Party, The Professional Forum (an informal group of three
generally pro-government and pro-business LegCo members from
functional constituencies and one independent elected from a
geographic constituency); 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 [5 administrators];
Christian Democratic People's Party or KDNP [Semjen ZSOLT];
Hungarian Civic Alliance or Fidesz [Viktor ORBAN, chairman];
Hungarian Democratic Forum or MDF [Ibolya DAVID]; Hungarian
Socialist Party or MSzP [Atilla MESTERHAZY]; Movement for a Better
Hungary or Jobbik [Gabor VONA]; Politics Can Be Different or LMP
[13-member leadership]
Iceland
Independence Party or IP [Bjarni BENEDIKTSSON]; Left-Green
Movement or LGM [Steingrimur SIGFUSSON]; Progressive Party or PP
[Sigmundur David GUNNLAUGSSON]; Social Democratic Alliance or SDA
[Johanna SIGURDARDOTTIR]; The Movement [Birgitta JONSDOTTIR]
India
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or AIADMK [J.
JAYALALITHAA]; All India Trinamool Congress or AITC [Mamata
BANERJEE]; Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP [MAYAWATI]; Bharatiya Janata
Party or BJP [Nitin GADKARI]; Biju Janata Dal or BJD [Naveen
PATNAIK]; Communist Party of India or CPI [B. BARDHAN]; Communist
Party of India-Marxist or CPI-M [Prakash KARAT]; Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam or DMK [Kalaignar M.KARUNANIDHI]; Indian National Congress
or INC [Sonia GANDHI]; Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) [Sharad YADAV];
Left Front (an alliance of Indian leftist parties); Nationalist
Congress Party or NCP [Sharad PAWAR]; Rashtriya Lok Dal or RLD [Ajit
SINGH]; Samajwadi Party or SP [Mulayam Singh YADAV]; Shiromani Akali
Dal or SAD [Parkash Singh BADAL]; Shiv Sena or SS [Bal THACKERAY];
Telugu Desam Party or TDP [Chandrababu NAIDU]; 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
Democrat Party or PD [Anas URANINGRUM]; Functional Groups
Party or GOLKAR [Aburizal BAKRIE]; Great Indonesia Movement Party or
GERINDRA [SUHARDI]; Indonesia Democratic Party-Struggle or PDI-P
[MEGAWATI Sukarnoputri]; National Awakening Party or PKB [Muhaiman
ISKANDAR]; National Mandate Party or PAN [Hatta RAJASA]; People's
Conscience Party or HANURA [WIRANTO]; Prosperous Justice Party or
PKS [Luthfi Hasan ISHAQ]; 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; 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 in elections
for the sixth Majles in early 2000; groups in the coalition included
the 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 and the Broad Popular Coalition of Principlists;
several reformist groups, such as the Mujahadin of the Islamic
Revolution, came together as a reformist coalition in advance of the
2008 Majles elections; the IIPF has repeatedly complained that the
overwhelming majority of its candidates have been unfairly
disqualified from the 2008 elections
Iraq
Badr Organization [Hadi al-AMIRI]; Da'wa al-Islamiya Party
[Prime Minister Nuri al-MALIKI]; Da'wa Tanzim [Hashim al-MUSAWI
branch]; Da-wa Tanzim [Abd al-Karim al-ANZI branch]; Fadilah Party
[Hashim al-HASHIMI]; Hadba Gathering [Athil al-NUJAYFI]; Iraqi
Charter Assembly [Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur al-SAMARRAI]; Iraqi
Constitutional Party [Jawad al-BULANI]; Iraqi Front for National
Dialogue [Salih al-MUTLAQ]; Iraqi Islamic Party or IIP [Usama
al-TIKRITI]; Iraqi Justice and Reform Movement [Shaykh Abdallah
al-YAWR]; Iraqi National Congress or INC [Ahmad CHALABI]; Iraqi
National Accord or INA [former Prime Minister Ayad ALLAWI]; Islamic
Supreme Council of Iraq or ISCI [Ammar al-HAKIM]; Kurdistan
Democratic Party or KDP [Kurdistan Regional Government President
Masud BARZANI]; National Gathering [Deputy Prime Minister Rafi
al-ISSAWI]; National Movement for Reform and Development [Jamal
al-KARBULI]; National Reform Trend [former Prime Minister Ibrahim
al-JAFARI]; Patriotic Union of Kurdistan or PUK [Jalal TALABANI];
Renewal List [Vice President Tariq al-HASHIMI]; Sadrist Trend
[Muqtada al-SADR]; Sahawa al-Iraq [Ahmad al-RISHAWI]; Tawafuq Front
note: numerous smaller local, tribal, and minority parties
Ireland
Fianna Fail [Brian COWEN]; Fine Gael [Enda KENNY]; Green
Party [John GORMLEY]; Labor Party [Eamon GILMORE]; Progressive
Democrats or PD [Noel GREALISH] (formerly dissolved on 20 November
2009); Sinn Fein [Gerry ADAMS]; Socialist Party [Joe HIGGINS]; The
Workers' Party [Michael FINNEGAN]
Isle of Man
Alliance for Progressive Government; Liberal Vannin
Party [Peter KARRAN]; Manx Labor Party; Manx Nationalist Party (Mec
Vannin) [Bernard MOFFATT]
note: most members sit as independents
Israel
Balad [Jamal ZAHALKA]; Democratic Front for Peace and
Equality (HADASH) [Muhammad BARAKEH]; Kadima [Tzipora "Tzipi"
LIVNI]; Labor Party [Ehud BARAK]; Likud [Binyamin NETANYAHU];
National Union [Yaakov KATZ]; SHAS [Eliyahu YISHAI]; The Jewish Home
(HaBayit HaYehudi) [Daniel HERSCHKOWITZ]; 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
Center-Right coalition: Lega Nord or LN [Umberto BOSSI];
Movement for Autonomy or MpA [Raffaele LOMBARDO]; People of Freedom
or PdL [Silvio BERLUSCONI]
Center-Left coalition: Democratic Party or PD [Pier Luigi BERSANI];
Italy of Values or IdV [Antonio DI PIETRO]
other non-allied parties: Future and Liberty Party or FLI
[Gianfranco FINI]; Union of the Center or UdC [Pier Ferdinando
CASINI]
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 [Naoto KAN]; Japan Communist
Party or JCP [Kazuo SHII]; Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Sadakazu
TANIGAKI]; New Komeito or NK [Natsuo YAMAGUCHI]; People's New Party
or PNP [Shizuka KAMEI]; Social Democratic Party or SDP [Mizuho
FUKUSHIMA]; Your Party or YP [Yoshimi WATANABE]
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 [Ablah al-ULBAH]; Democratic
Popular Unity Party [Sa'ed DIAB]; Islamic Action Front or IAF
[Hamzeh MANSOUR]; 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 Current Party [Abd al-Hadi al-MAJALI];
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 BAYMENOV]; Alga [Vladimir KOZLOV] (unregistered); Auyl
(Village) [Gani KALIYEV]; Azat (Freedom) Party [Bolat ABILOV]
(formerly True Ak Zhol Party); Azat NSDP [co-chaired by Bolat ABILOV
and Zharmakhan TUYAKBAY]; Azat and NSDP united in 2009, but the
authorities have refused to register Azat NSDP as a single party;
Communist Party of Kazakhstan or KPK [Serikbolsyn ABDILDIN];
Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan [Vladislav KOSAREV]; National
Social Democratic Party or 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-kap]; Grand National Party or GNP [AHN Sang-soo]; Liberty Forward
Party or LFP [LEE Hoi-chang]; New Progressive Party or NPP [ROH
Hoe-chan]; Pro-Park Alliance or PPA [SUH Choung-won]; Renewal Korea
Party or RKP [SONG Yong-o]
Kosovo
Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo or PShDK [Ton
MARKU]; Alliance for a New Kosovo or AKR [Behgjet PACOLLI]; Alliance
for the Future of Kosovo or AAK [Ramush HARADINAJ]; Alliance of
Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo and Metohija or SDSKIM
[Ljubisa ZIVIC]; Bosniak Vakat Coalition or DSV [Sadik IDRIZI];
Citizens' Initiative of Gora or GIG [Murselj HALJILJI]; Democratic
Action Party or SDA [Numan BALIC]; Democratic League of Dardania or
LDD [Nexhat DACI]; Democratic League of Kosovo or LDK [Fatmir
SEJDIU]; Democratic Party of Ashkali of Kosovo or PDAK [Berat
QERIMI]; Democratic Party of Bosniaks [Dzezair MURATI]; Democratic
Party of Kosovo or PDK [Hashim THACI]; Independent Liberal Party or
SLS [Slobadan PETROVIC]; Kosovo Democratic Turkish Party of KDTP
[Mahir YAGCILAR]; New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo or IRDK
[Xhevdet NEZIRAJ]; New Democratic Party or ND [Predrag JOVIC]; New
Kosovo Alliance or AKR [Behxhet PACOLLI]; Reform Party Ora [Teuta
SAHATCIA]; Serb National Party or SNS [Mihailo SCEPANOVIC]; Serbian
Democratic Party of Kosovo and Metohija or SDS KiM [Slavisa
PETKOVIC]; Serbian Kosovo and Metohija Party or SKMS [Dragisa
MIRIC]; Serbian National Council of Northern Kosovo and Metohija or
SNV [Milan IVANOVIC]; Social Democratic Party of Kosovo or PSDK
[Agim CEKU]; Socialist Party of Kosovo or PSK [Emrush XHEMAJLI];
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
Ar-Namys (Dignity) Party [Feliks KULOV]; Ata-Jurt
(Homeland) [Kamchybek TASHIEV, Akhmat KELDIBEKOV]; Ata-Meken
(Fatherland) [Omurbek TEKEBAEV]; Butun Kyrgyzstan (All Kyrgyzstan)
[Adakhan MADUMAROV, Miroslav NIYAZOV]; Respublika [Omurbek BABANOV];
Social-Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) [Almazbek ATAMBAEV]
Laos
Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [CHOUMMALI Saignason];
other parties proscribed
Latvia
All For Latvia! [Irnants PARADNIEKS, Raivis DZINTARS]; Civic
Union [Sandra KALNIETE, Girts Valdis KRISTOVSKIS]; First Party of
Latvia/Latvia's Way or LPP/LC [Ainars SLESERS]; For a Good Latvia
(alliance of TP, LPP/LC); 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]; National Alliance (alliance of TB/LNNK, All For
Latvia!); New Era Party or JL [Solvita ABOLTINA, Dzintars ZAKIS];
People's Party or TP [Andris SKELE]; Society for Different Politics
or SCP [Aigars STOKENBERGS; Artis PABRIKS]; The Union of Latvian
Greens and Farmers Party or ZZS [Augusts BRIGMANIS]; Unity bloc
(alliance of Civic Union, New Era, SCP)
Lebanon
14 March Coalition: 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
[Hassan NASRALLAH]); Nasserite Popular Movement [Usama SAAD];
Popular Bloc [Elias SKAFF]; Syrian Ba'th Party [Sayez SHUKR]; Syrian
Social Nationalist Party [Ali QANSO]; Tashnaq [Hovig MEKHITIRIAN]
Independent: Democratic Gathering Bloc [Walid JUNBLATT, leader of
Progressive Socialist Party]; Metn Bloc [Michel MURR]