note: formation of political parties must be approved by government
El Salvador:
Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Rene AGUILUZ];
Democratic Convergence or CD (includes PSD, MNR, MPSC) [Ruben
ZAMORA, secretary general]; Democratic Party or PD [Jorge MELENDEZ];
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front or FMLN [Fabio CASTILLO];
Liberal Democratic Party or PLD [Kirio Waldo SALGADO, president];
National Action Party or PAN [Gustavo Rogelio SALINAS, secretary
general]; National Conciliation Party or PCN [Ciro CRUZ Zepeda,
president]; National Republican Alliance or ARENA [Walter ARAUJO];
Social Christian Union or USC (formed by the merger of Christian
Social Renewal Party or PRSC and Unity Movement or MU) [Abraham
RODRIGUEZ, president]
Equatorial Guinea:
Convergence Party for Social Democracy or CPDS
[Placido Miko ABOGO]; Democratic Party for Equatorial Guinea or PDGE
(ruling party) [Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO]; Party for Progress
of Equatorial Guinea or PPGE [Severo MOTO]; Popular Action of
Equatorial Guinea or APGE [Miguel Esono EMAN]; Popular Union or UP
[Andres Moises Bda ADA]; Progressive Democratic Alliance or ADP
[Victorino Bolekia BONAY, mayor of Malabo]; Union of Independent
Democrats of UDI [Daniel OYONO]
Eritrea:
People's Front for Democracy and Justice or PFDJ, the only
party recognized by the government [ISAIAS Afworki, PETROS Solomon];
note - the National Assembly has appointed a committee to draft a
law on political parties
Estonia:
Center Party or K [Edgar SAVISAAR, chairman]; Christian
People's Party [Aldo VINKEL]; Coalition Party and Rural Union or KMU
[Andrus OOBEL, chairman]; Estonian Democratic Party (formerly
Estonian Blue Party) [Jaan LAAS]; Estonian Independence Party
[leader NA]; Estonian National Democratic Party or ENDP [leader NA];
Estonian Pensioners and Families Party [Mai TREIAL]; Estonian
Progressive Party [Andra VEIDEMANN]; Estonian Republican Party
[leader NA]; Estonian Social-Democratic Labor Party [Tiit TOOMSALU];
Estonian Rural People's Union (1999 merger of Estonian Country
People's Party and the Estonian Rural Union) [Arvo SIRENDI]; Party
of Consolidation Today [leader NA]; People's Party Moderates (1999
merger of People's Party and Moderates) [Andres TARAND]; Reform
Party or RE [Siim KALLAS, chairman]; Russian Party in Estonia
[Nikolai MASPANOV]; Russian Unity Party [Igor SEDASHEV]; Union of
Pro Patria or Fatherland League (Isamaaliit) [Mart LAAR, chairman];
United People's Party or UPPE [Viktor ANDREJEV, chairman]
Ethiopia:
Afar National Democratic Party or ANDP [leader NA];
All-Amhara People's Organization or AAPO [KEGNAZ MATCH Neguea
Tibeb]; Amhara National Democratic Movement or ANDM [TEFERA Walwa];
Bench Madji People's Democratic Organization or BMPDO [leader NA];
Benishangul Gumuz People's Democratic Unity Front or BGPDUF [leader
NA]; Coalition of Alternative Forces for Peace and Democracy or
CAFPD [Kifle TIGNEH Abate and BEYENE Petros]; Ethiopian Democratic
Unity Party or EDUP [Lt. Gen. TESFAYE Gebre Kidan]; Ethiopian
National Democratic Party or ENDP [FEKADU Gedamu]; Ethiopian
People's Revolutionary Democratic Front or EPRDF [MELES Zenawi] (an
alliance of the ANDM, OPDO, and TPLF); Gedeyo People's Revolutionary
Democratic Movement or GPRDF [leader NA]; Gurange Nationalities
Democratic Movement or GNDM [leader NA]; Kafa Shaka People's
Democratic Organization or KSPDO [leader NA]; Kembata, Alabaa, and
Tembaro or KAT [leader NA]; Oromo Liberation Front or OLF [DAOUD
Ibsa Gudina]; Oromo People's Democratic Organization or OPDO [KUMA
Demeksa]; Sidama People's Democratic Organization or SPDO [leader
NA]; South Omo People's Democratic Movement or SOPDM [leader NA];
Tigrai People's Liberation Front or TPLF [MELES Zenawi]; Walayta,
Gamo, Gofa, Dawro, Konta People's Democratic Organization or WGGPDO
[leader NA]; dozens of small parties
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
none; all independents
Faroe Islands:
Center Party [Jenis A. RANA]; Home Rule Party [Helena
Dam a NEYSTABO]; People's Party [Oli BRECKMANN]; Republican Party
[Hogni HOYDAL]; Social Democratic Party [Joannes EIDESGAARD]; Union
Party [Edmund JOENSEN]
Fiji:
Fiji Labor Party or FLP [Mahendra CHAUDHRY]; Fijian
Nationalist Federation Party or NFP [Singh RAKKA]; Fijian Political
Party or SVT (primarily Fijian) [Maj. Gen. Sitiveni RABUKA];
National Federation Party or NFP (primarily Indian) [Jai Ram REDDY];
United General Party or UGP [David PICKERING]
Finland:
Center Party or Kesk [Esko AHO]; Finnish Christian Union or
SKL [C. P. Bjarne KALLIS]; Green Union [Satu HASSI]; Leftist
Alliance (Communist) composed of People's Democratic League and
Democratic Alternative [Suvi-Anne SIIMES]; National Coalition
(conservative) Party or Kok [Sauli NIINISTO]; Reform Group [Risto
KUISMA]; Social Democratic Party or SDP [Paavo LIPPONEN]; Swedish
People's Party or SFP [Jan-Erik ENESTAM]; True Finns [Timo SOINI]