International Democrat Union

International Democrat Union
	Countries with a party member of International Democrat Union as of September 2018 (parties in government in dark blue, parties in opposition in light blue)
Abbreviation	IDU
Formation	1983
Purpose	World federation of centre-right and conservative political parties
Headquarters	Munich, Germany
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	73
Official language	English
Chairman	Stephen Harper
Deputy Chairman	Brian Loughnane
Website	idu.org

The International Democrat Union (IDU) is an international alliance of centre-right and conservative political parties. Headquartered in Munich, Germany,[1] the IDU comprises 73 full and associate members from 63 different countries.[2] It is chaired by Stephen Harper, former Prime Minister of Canada.

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 around 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 Asia Pacific Democrat Union (APDU). 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 APDU in London, England, UK.[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, the European People's Party, and the European Conservatives and Reformists Party.[5] It also has an affiliated youth wing, the International Young Democrat Union led by Australian Simon Breheny,[6] and an affiliated women's wing in the International Women's Democrat Union.

Founding

IDU was founded in London on June 24, 1983.[7]

The founding declaration was signed by 19 persons:[8]

Person	Party	Country
Alois Mock	Austrian People's Party	Austria
Margaret Thatcher	Conservative Party	United Kingdom
Helmut Kohl	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	Germany
Franz Josef Strauss	Christian Social Union in Bavaria	Germany
Jacques Chirac	Rally for the Republic	France
Andrew Peacock	Liberal Party of Australia	Australia
Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza	New Democracy	Greece
Fraga Iribarne	People's Alliance	Spain
Oscar Alzaga	People's Democratic Party	Spain
Susanne Wood	New Zealand National Party	New Zealand
Glafcos Clerides	Democratic Rally	Cyprus
Ilkka Suominen	National Coalition Party	Finland
Lucas Pires	CDS – People's Party	Portugal
Tatsuo Tanaka	Liberal Democratic Party	Japan
Ulf Adelsohn	Moderate Party	Sweden
Erik Nielsen	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada	Canada
Poul Schlüter	Conservative People's Party	Denmark
Jo Benkow	Conservative Party	Norway
Frank Fahrenkopf	Republican Party	United States

Member parties

Full members

Full members
Country	Party	Abbr	Status	Seats Lower House	Seats Upper House
Albania	Democratic Party of Albania	PD	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 140 (0%)
Argentina	Republican Proposal	PRO	in opposition	51 / 257 (20%)	8 / 72 (11%)
Australia	Liberal Party of Australia	LIB	senior party in coalition	61 / 151 (40%)	31 / 76 (41%)
Austria	Austrian People's Party	ÖVP	senior party in coalition	71 / 183 (39%)	22 / 61 (36%)
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan National Independence Party	AMIP	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 125 (0%)
Belarus	The BPF Party	BPF	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 110 (0%)	0 / 64 (0%)
Belarus	United Civil Party	UCP	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 110 (0%)	0 / 64 (0%)
Bolivia	Democrat Social Movement	MDS	in government	4 / 130 (3%)	1 / 36 (3%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Party of Democratic Action	SDA	senior party in coalition	9 / 42 (21%)	3 / 15 (20%)
	Party of Democratic Progress	PDP	in opposition	2 / 42 (5%)	0 / 15 (0%)
	Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina	HDZ	junior party in coalition	16 / 98 (16%)	14 / 58 (24%)
	Croatian Democratic Union 1990	HDZ-1990	in opposition	2 / 98 (2%)	0 / 58 (0%)
Brazil	Democrats	DEM	junior party in coalition	29 / 513 (6%)	7 / 81 (9%)
Bulgaria	GERB	GERB	senior party in coalition	95 / 240 (40%)
Bulgaria	Union of Democratic Forces	SDS	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 240 (0%)
Canada	Conservative Party of Canada	CPC/PCC	in opposition	121 / 338 (36%)	21 / 105 (20%)
Chile	Independent Democratic Union	UDI	junior party in coalition	30 / 155 (19%)	9 / 43 (21%)
Chile	National Renewal	RN	senior party in coalition	34 / 155 (22%)	8 / 43 (19%)
Colombia	Colombian Conservative Party	PCC	junior party in coalition	21 / 172 (12%)	14 / 108 (13%)
Croatia	Croatian Democratic Union	HDZ	in government	55 / 151 (36%)
Cyprus	Democratic Rally	DISY	in government	18 / 56 (32%)
Czech Republic	Civic Democratic Party	ODS	in opposition	23 / 200 (12%)	18 / 81 (22%)
Denmark	Conservative People's Party	K	in opposition	13 / 179 (7%)
Dominican Republic	National Progressive Force	FNP	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 190 (0%)	0 / 32 (0%)
Ecuador	Social Christian Party	PSC	in opposition	15 / 137 (11%)
El Salvador	Nationalist Republican Alliance	ARENA	in opposition	37 / 84 (44%)
Estonia	Isamaa		junior party in coalition	12 / 101 (12%)
Finland	National Coalition Party	Kok	in opposition	38 / 200 (19%)
Georgia	United National Movement	UNM	in opposition	6 / 150 (4%)
Germany	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	CDU	senior party in coalition	200 / 709 (28%)	22 / 69 (32%)
Germany	Christian Social Union of Bavaria	CSU	junior party in coalition	46 / 709	4 / 69
Ghana	New Patriotic Party	NPP	in government	169 / 275 (61%)
Greece	New Democracy	ND	in government	158 / 300 (53%)
Grenada	New National Party	NNP	in government	15 / 15 (100%)	7 / 13 (54%)
Guatemala	Unionist Party	PU	junior party in coalition	3 / 160 (2%)
Honduras	National Party of Honduras	PNH	in government	61 / 128 (48%)
Hungary	Fidesz		in government	117 / 199 (59%)
Iceland	Independence Party	D	senior party in coalition	16 / 63 (25%)
India	Bharatiya Janata Party[9]	BJP	in government	303 / 543	85 / 245
Israel	Likud Party	Likud	senior party in coalition	36 / 120 (30%)
Kenya	Democratic Party of Kenya	DP	in opposition	1 / 394 (0.3%)	0 / 67 (0%)
Lebanon	Kataeb Party	Kataeb	in opposition	3 / 128 (2%)
Lithuania	Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats	TS-LKD	in opposition	36 / 141 (26%)
Maldives	Maldivian Democratic Party	MDP	in government	65 / 87 (75%)
Moldova	Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova	PLDM	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 101 (0%)
Mongolia	Democratic Party	DP	in opposition	11 / 76 (14%)
Montenegro	Movement for Changes	PzP	in opposition	5 / 81 (6%)
Morocco	Istiqlal Party		in opposition	46 / 395 (12%)	24 / 120 (20%)
New Zealand	National Party	Nats	in opposition	55 / 120 (46%)
Nicaragua	Conservative Party	PCN	in opposition	1 / 92 (1%)
North Macedonia	VMRO–DPMNE	VMRO–DPMNE	in opposition	39 / 120 (33%)
Norway	Conservative Party	H	senior party in coalition	45 / 169 (27%)
Panama	Democratic Change	CD	in opposition	18 / 71 (25%)
Paraguay	Partido Colorado	ANR-PC	in government	42 / 80 (53%)	17 / 45 (38%)
Peru	Christian People's Party	PPC	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 130 (0%)
Portugal	CDS – People's Party	CDS–PP	in opposition	5 / 230 (2%)
Saint Lucia	United Workers Party	UWP	in government	11 / 17 (65%)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	New Democratic Party	NDP	in opposition	7 / 15 (47%)
Serbia	Serbian Progressive Party	SNS	senior party in coalition	97 / 250 (39%)
Slovenia	Slovenian Democratic Party	SDS	senior party in coalition	26 / 90 (29%)
South Korea	United Future Party	UFP	in opposition	84 / 300 (28%)
Spain	People's Party	PP	in opposition	89 / 350 (25%)	97 / 265 (37%)
Sri Lanka	United National Party	UNP	in government	106 / 225 (47%)
Sweden	Moderate Party	M	in opposition	70 / 349 (20%)
Taiwan	Kuomintang of China	KMT	in opposition	38 / 113 (34%)
Tanzania	Chama Cha Demokrasia Na Maendeleo	CHADEMA	in opposition	62 / 393 (16%)
Uganda	Forum for Democratic Change	FDC	in opposition	36 / 375 (10%)
Ukraine	Batkivshchyna	VOB	in opposition	24 / 450 (5%)
United Kingdom	Conservative and Unionist Party	Con	in government	365 / 650 (56%)	245 / 786 (31%)
United States	Republican Party	R/GOP	in government	197 / 435 (45%)	53 / 100 (53%)
Venezuela	Project Venezuela	PV	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 167 (0%)

Associate members

Associate members
Country	Party	Abbr	Government	Notes
Russia	Union of Right Forces	SPS	extraparliamentary opposition	A former political party, now an NGO.

Chairpersons

Chairperson	Term Start	Term End	Political Affiliation	Country
William Hague	1997	2002	Conservative	United Kingdom
John Howard	2002	2014	Liberal	Australia
Sir John Key	2014	2018	National	New Zealand
Stephen Harper	2018	incumbent	Conservative	Canada

References

Burnell, Peter J. (2006). Globalizing Democracy: Party Politics in Emerging Democracies. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-415-40184-5.
International Democrat Union. "IDU Members". Idu.org. Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
Mohr, Alexander (2010). The German Political Foundations as Actors in Democracy Assistance. Boca Raton: Universal-Publishers. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-59942-331-9.
Goldman, Ralph Morris (2002). The Future Catches Up: Transnational Parties and Democracy. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 418. ISBN 978-0-595-22888-1.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"IYDU-New Chairman and Board Elected". IDU. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
International Democrat Union, minutes of founding meeting, 1983
International Democrat Union, minutes of founding meeting, 1993
Diplomat, Akhilesh Pillalamarri, The. "India's Bharatiya Janata Party Joins Union of International Conservative Parties". The Diplomat. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

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[1] Burnell, Peter J. (2006). Globalizing Democracy: Party Politics in Emerging Democracies. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-415-40184-5.

[2] International Democrat Union. "IDU Members". Idu.org. Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2016-04-22.

[3] Mohr, Alexander (2010). The German Political Foundations as Actors in Democracy Assistance. Boca Raton: Universal-Publishers. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-59942-331-9.

[4] Goldman, Ralph Morris (2002). The Future Catches Up: Transnational Parties and Democracy. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 418. ISBN 978-0-595-22888-1.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "IYDU-New Chairman and Board Elected". IDU. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2016.

[IDUFoundingMeetingMinutes_1983-7] International Democrat Union, minutes of founding meeting, 1983

[IDUFoundingMeetingMinutes_1993-8] International Democrat Union, minutes of founding meeting, 1993

[9] Diplomat, Akhilesh Pillalamarri, The. "India's Bharatiya Janata Party Joins Union of International Conservative Parties". The Diplomat. Retrieved 2018-04-25.