International Democrat Union

International Democrat Union
International Democrat Union
Abbreviation	IDU
Purpose/focus	World federation of centre-right political parties
Location	Oslo, Norway
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	45
Chairman	John Howard
Website	http://www.idu.org

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The International Democrat Union, abbreviated to IDU, is a centre-right international alliance of conservative and liberal-conservative political parties. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway,^[1] the IDU comprises 45 full or associate members. It is chaired by John Howard, former Prime Minister of Australia.^[2]

Countries with member parties who are either in government or leader of the government coalition are in green. Countries with member parties who are part of the government coalition, but do not lead it, are in yellow. (The Republican Party in the United States holds a majority in the House of Representatives but holds a minority in the Senate).

The IDU provides a forum in which political parties holding similar beliefs can come together and exchange views on matters of policy and organisational interest. From this, they act cooperatively, establish contacts, and present a unified voice toward the promotion of centre-right policies across the globe. The IDU has some overlap of member parties with the Centrist Democrat International (CDI), but the CDI is more centrist and communitarian than the IDU.^[3]

The group was founded in 1983 as the umbrella organisation for the European Democrat Union (EDU), Caribbean Democrat Union (CDU), and the Pacific Democrat Union (PDU). Created at the instigation of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and American Vice President George H. W. Bush, the organisation was founded at a joint meeting of the EDU and PDU in London, the United Kingdom.^[4]

The IDU has several regional affiliates: the Democrat Union of Africa, the Union of Latin American Parties, the Asia Pacific Democrat Union, the Caribbean Democrat Union, and both the European People's Party and the (dormant since 2002) European Democrat Union in Europe. It also has an affiliated youth wing in the International Young Democrat Union and an affiliated women's wing in the International Women's Democrat Union.

[edit] Member parties

[edit] Full members

Country	Party	Abbr	Government
Albania	Democratic Party of Albania	PD	in government
Australia	Liberal Party of Australia	Lib	in opposition
Austria	Austrian People's Party	ÖVP	junior party in government
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan National Independence Party	AMIP	in opposition
Bolivia	Popular Consensus	CP	in opposition
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Party of Democratic Action	SDA	junior party in government
Brazil	Democrats	DEM	in opposition
Bulgaria	Union of Democratic Forces	SDS	in opposition
Canada	Conservative Party of Canada	CPC/PCC	in government
Chile	Independent Democratic Union	UDI	in government
Chile	National Renewal	RN	in government
China, Republic of	Kuomintang	KMT	in government
Colombia	Colombian Conservative Party	PCC	junior party in government
Croatia	Croatian Democratic Union	HDZ	in opposition
Cyprus	Democratic Rally	DISY	in opposition
Czech Republic	Civic Democratic Party	ODS	leader of government coalition
Denmark	Conservative People's Party	K	in opposition
Dominican Republic	National Progressive Force	FNP	junior party in government
Ecuador	Social Christian Party	PSC	in opposition
El Salvador	Nationalist Republican Alliance	ARENA	in opposition
Estonia	Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica	IRL	in government
Finland	National Coalition Party	Kok	leader of government coalition
France	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	in government
Georgia	United National Movement	UNM	in government
Georgia	Christian-Democratic Movement	KDM	in opposition
Germany	Christian Democratic Union	CDU	leader of government coalition
Germany	Christian Social Union of Bavaria	CSU	leader of government coalition in Bavaria, junior party in federal government coalition
Ghana	New Patriotic Party	NPP	in opposition
Greece	New Democracy	ND	junior party in coalition cabinet, takes part in the government of Lucas Papademos
Guatemala	Unionist Party	PU	in opposition
Honduras	National Party of Honduras	PNH	in government
Hungary	Fidesz		in government
Iceland	Independence Party	XD	in opposition
South Korea	Saenuri Party		in government
Macedonia	Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity	VMRO–DPMNE	in government
Maldives	Maldivian Democratic Party	MDP	in government
Moldova	Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova	PLDM	leader of government coalition
Mongolia	Democratic Party		junior party in government
New Zealand	National Party	Nat	in government
Nicaragua	Conservative Party	PCN	in opposition
Norway	Conservative Party	H	in opposition
Peru	Christian People's Party	PPC	in opposition
Portugal	Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party	CDS–PP	junior party in government
Serbia	Democratic Party of Serbia	DSS	in opposition
Slovenia	Slovenian Democratic Party	SDS	in opposition
Spain	People's Party	PP	in government
Sri Lanka	United National Party	UNP	in opposition
Sweden	Moderate Party	M	leader of government coalition
Uganda	Forum for Democratic Change	FDC	in opposition
United Kingdom	Conservative and Unionist Party	Tory	leader of government coalition
United States	Republican Party	GOP	majority in House, minority in Senate, not in the White House
Venezuela	Project Venezuela	PV	in opposition

[edit] Associate members

Country	Party	Abbr	Government
Belarus	Partyja BPF	PBNF	in opposition
Belarus	United Civil Party of Belarus	UCP	in opposition
Bolivia	Nationalist Democratic Action	ADN	in opposition
Georgia	New Rights	NRP	in opposition
Malta	Nationalist Party	PN	in government
Mozambique	RENAMO		in opposition
Namibia	Democratic Turnhalle Alliance	DTA	in opposition
Panama	Panameñista Party	PP	in government
Russia	Union of Right Forces^[5]	SPS	in opposition
Saint Kitts and Nevis	People's Action Movement	PAM	in opposition
Tanzania	Party for Democracy and Progress	Chadema	in opposition