International Democrat Union

International Democrat Union
Abbreviation	IDU
Purpose/focus	World federation of center-right political parties
Location	Oslo, Norway
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	54
Chairman	John Howard
Website	http://www.idu.org

The International Democrat Union (IDU) is a center-right international alliance of conservative, Christian democratic and liberal-conservative political parties. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, the IDU comprises 54 full members. It is chaired by John Howard, former Prime Minister of Australia.

Map of 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). Countries with member parties not in government are in red.

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.

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 US Vice President George H. W. Bush, the organisation was founded at a joint meeting of the EDU and PDU in London, the United Kingdom.

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 the European People's Party, the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists 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.

Member parties [edit]

Full members [edit]

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
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Party of Democratic Progress	PDP	in opposition
Brazil	Democrats	DEM	in opposition
Bulgaria	Union of Democratic Forces	SDS	in opposition
Canada	Conservative Party of Canada	CPC/PCC/Tory	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	in coalition government
Croatia	Croatian Democratic Union	HDZ	in opposition
Cyprus	Democratic Rally	DISY	in government
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
European Union	European People's Party	EPP	leader of government coalition
European Union	Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists	AECR	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 opposition
Georgia	United National Movement	UNM	in opposition
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	senior party of government coalition
Guatemala	Unionist Party	PU	in opposition
Honduras	National Party of Honduras	PNH	in government
Hungary	Fidesz		in government
Iceland	Independence Party	XD	in opposition
Kenya	Democratic Party	DP	in opposition
South Korea	Saenuri Party		in government
Lithuania	Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats	TS-LKD	leader of government coalition
Macedonia	Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity	VMRO–DPMNE	in government
Maldives	Maldivian Democratic Party	MDP	in opposition
Moldova	Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova	PLDM	leader of government coalition
Mongolia	Democratic Party		leader of government coalition
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 government
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	Con/Tory	leader of government coalition
United States	Republican Party	R/GOP	majority in House of Representatives, minority in Senate, does not hold the presidency
Venezuela	Project Venezuela	PV	in opposition

Associate members [edit]

Country	Party	Abbr	Government
Argentina	Republican Proposal	PRO	in opposition
Belarus	Partyja BPF	PBNF	in opposition
Belarus	United Civil Party of Belarus	UCP	in opposition
Cuba	Cuban Democratic Directorate	DDC	in exile (United States)
Georgia	New Rights	NRP	in opposition
Malta	Nationalist Party	PN	in opposition
Mozambique	RENAMO		in opposition
Namibia	Democratic Turnhalle Alliance	DTA	in opposition
Panama	Panameñista Party	PP	in opposition
Russia	Union of Right Forces	SPS	in opposition
Saint Kitts and Nevis	People's Action Movement	PAM	in opposition
Tanzania	Party for Democracy and Progress	Chadema	in opposition
Ukraine	All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"		in opposition

Observer [edit]

Country	Party	Abbr	Government
Serbia	G17 Plus	G17+	junior party in government

References [edit]

Burnell, Peter J. (2006). Globalizing Democracy: Party Politics in Emerging Democracies. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 63. ISBN - get this book.
http://www.idu.org/officers.aspx
Mohr, Alexander (2010). The German Political Foundations as Actors in Democracy Assistance. Boca Raton: Universal-Publishers. p. 151. ISBN - get this book.
Goldman, Ralph Morris (2002). The Future Catches Up: Transnational Parties and Democracy. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 418. ISBN - get this book.
http://www.aecr.eu/node/229/lightbox2
IDU elect John Howard Leader, welcomes ten new members, International Democrat Union, www.idu.org, 23 September 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011

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Democratic Party Liberal Party Austrian People's Party National Independence Party Popular Consensus Party of Democratic Action Democrats Union of Democratic Forces Conservative Party Independent Democratic Union National Renewal Kuomintang Conservative Party Democratic Union Democratic Rally Civic Democratic Party Conservative People's Party National Progressive Force	Social Christian Party Nationalist Republican Alliance Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica National Coalition Party Union for a Popular Movement Christian-Democratic Movement United National Movement Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union of Bavaria New Patriotic Party New Democracy Unionist Party National Party Fidesz Independence Party Jamaica Labour Party VMRO–DPMNE Maldivian Democratic Party	Liberal Democratic Party Democratic Party National Party Conservative Party Conservative Party Christian People's Party CDS–PP Democratic Party of Serbia Slovenian Democratic Party Saenuri Party People's Party United National Party Moderate Party Forum for Democratic Change Conservative Party Republican Party Project Venezuela

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