Asia Pacific Democracy Union

The Asia Pacific Democracy Union (APDU) is a regional association of centre-right and right-wing political parties associated to the International Democracy Union (IDU).^[1] Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickramasinghe is the current chairperson of the APDU.^[2] It aims to promote freedom and free enterprise by considering matters of political organization and policy of interest to member parties.^[3]

Asia Pacific Democracy Union

Formation	June 1982
Type	Regional organization
Legal status	Active
Purpose	Conservatism
Headquarters	Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka
Region	Asia-Pacific
Chairman	Ranil Wickramasinghe
Chairwoman	Judith Collins
Vice President	Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
Parent organization	International Democracy Union

Members

Country	Party	Abbr.	Colour	Legislative seats		Status
				Lower House	Upper House
Australia	Liberal	LPA	Blue	42 / 151	31 / 76	In opposition
Bangladesh	Nationalist Party বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল	BNP	Blue	Parliament dissolved		In opposition
Canada	Conservative Parti conservateur du Canada	CPC PCC	Blue	116 / 338	15 / 105	In opposition
Taiwan	Kuomintang 中國國民黨	KMT	Blue	52 / 113		In opposition
Chile	National Renewal Renovación Nacional	RN	Blue   Red	23 / 155	11 / 50	In opposition
El Salvador	Nationalist Republican Alliance Alianza Republicana Nacionalista	ARENA	Blue   White   Red	2 / 60		In opposition
India	Bharatiya Janata Party भारतीय जनता पार्टी	BJP	Saffron	240 / 543	96 / 245	In government
Indonesia	National Awakening Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa	PKB	Green	68 / 580		In government
Japan	Liberal Democratic 自由民主党	LDP	Red (official)   Green (customary)	191 / 465	115 / 248	In government
South Korea	People Power 국민의힘	PPP	Red	108 / 300		In government
Maldives	Democratic ދިވެހިރައްޔިތުންގެ ޑިމޮކްރެޓިކް ޕާޓީ	MDP	Yellow	12 / 93		In opposition
Mongolia	Democratic Монголын Ардчилсан Нам	AN	Sky blue	42 / 76		In government
Nepal	Rastriya Prajatantra राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी	RPP	Gold	14 / 275	0 / 59	In opposition
New Zealand	National Rōpū Nāhinara o Aotearoa	NAT	Blue	49 / 123		In government
Philippines	Nacionalista Partido Nacionalista	NP	Light green	37 / 316	4 / 24	In government
Sri Lanka	United National එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி	UNP	Green	1 / 225		In government
Thailand	Democrat พรรคประชาธิปัตย์	DEM	Light blue	25 / 500		In opposition
United States	Republican	R/GOP	Red	222 / 435	53 / 100	In government

References

1. iamdesign (1 February 2018). "Members International Democracy Union". Retrieved 22 March 2022.
2. iamdesign (16 February 2018). "Ranil Wickremesinghe International Democracy Union". Retrieved 22 March 2022.
3. "Asia Pacific Democrat Union UIA Yearbook Profile Union of International Associations". uia.org. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

External links

• APDU at the UDI site