Alliance of Democrats (political international)

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Alliance of Democrats
Formation2005
Dissolved2012
Location
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
42
Co-chaired
François Bayrou
Francesco Rutelli
Ellen Tauscher
Website www.allianceofdemocrats.org
Member parties who lead 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 (as of June 2012). Alliance of Democrats.png
Member parties who lead 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 (as of June 2012).

The Alliance of Democrats was a loose political international which operated from 2005 to 2012. [1] While it did not publish an official manifesto, it consisted of a broad array of political parties that identified as centre-right, centrist, and centre-left. [2] It was founded by the United States Democratic Party, the European Democratic Party (EDP) and the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD).

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The Alliance included members of the Centrist Democrat International (such as the Christian Democrat Party of Chile and the Democratic Union of Catalonia) and the Liberal International (such as all members of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats), as well as former members of Socialist International (the Indian National Congress), Israel's relatively new Kadima party, and conservative parties such as the Democratic Party of Serbia, which is also member of the International Democrat Union.

The Alliance was co-chaired by François Bayrou, Francesco Rutelli and Ellen Tauscher, while after 2008 Gianni Vernetti, who was also co-president of the Italian Liberal Group, was the Alliance's coordinator. [3]

Past members

National parties and groups

CountryParty
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra Liberal Party of Andorra
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Citizens' Movement for Change
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Burma National Council of the Union of Burma
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia Sam Rainsy Party
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Christian Democrat Party of Chile
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus European Party
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Dominican Revolutionary Party
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Democratic Front Party
Flag of France.svg  France Democratic Movement
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Democratic Party
Flag of India.svg  India Indian National Congress
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle
Flag of Kurdistan.svg  Iraqi Kurdistan Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Kadima
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alliance for Italy
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Democratic Party of Japan
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Democratic Party
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Labour Party
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Malaysian People's Movement Party
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives Maldivian Democratic Party
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Liberal Party
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino Popular Alliance
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Senegalese Democratic Party
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Democratic Party of Serbia
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Singapore Democratic Party
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Democratic Alliance
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Basque National Party
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Democratic Union of Catalonia
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Liberal Party
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Democrat Party
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Policy Network
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Democratic Party
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Broad Front

International coalitions

RegionParty
AfricaAlliance of Liberals and Democrats from the African Caribbean and Pacific
Asia Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
Flag of Europe.svg  European Union Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Flag of Europe.svg  European Union European Democratic Party

Notable individual members

Leadership

Notes

  1. "Alliance of Democrats". European Democratic Party. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  2. "Towards a new Alliance of Democrats". Alliance of Democrats. 21 April 2007. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.
  3. "Board of Directors". Alliance of Democrats. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.

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