Alliance of Democrats (political international)

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Alliance of Democrats
Formation2005
Dissolved2012
Location
Region served
Worldwide
Membership42
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
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
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.