Jersey
none; all independents
Jordan
Al-Ahed Party [Khaldoun al-NASSER, secretary general];
Al-Ajyal [Muhammad KHALAYLEH, secretary general]; Ba'th Arab
Progressive Party [Mahmood MA'AYTEH, secretary general]; Al-Umma
(Nation) Party [Ahmad al-HANANDEH, secretary general]; Arab Land
Party [Dr. Muhammad al-'ORAN, secretary general]; Communist Party
[Munir HAMARINAH, secretary general]; Constitutional Front [Mahdi
al-TALL, secretary general]; Democratic Arab Islamic Movement [Yusuf
ABU BAKR, president]; Green Party [Muhammad BATAYNEH, secretary
general]; Jordanian Democratic Left Party [Musa MA'AYTEH, secretary]
general; Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party [Sa'id Dhiyab Ali
MUSTAFA, secretary general]; Jordanian Progressive Party [Fawwaz
al-ZUBI, secretary general]; Jordanian People's Democratic (Hashd)
Party [Salim al-NAHHAS, secretary general]; Islamic Action Front
[Hazma MANSOUR, secretary general]; Muslim Centrist Party [NA
leader]; National Action (Haqq) Party [Muhammad al-ZUBI, secretary
general]; National Constitutional Party [Abdul Hadi MAJALI,
secretary general]; (Arab) Socialist Ba'th Party [Taysir al-HIMSI,
secretary general]; Pan-Arab (Democratic) Movement [Mahmud
al-NUWAYHI, secretary general]
Kazakhstan
Agrarian Party [Romin MADINOV]; AIST (Agrarian
Party-Civic Party Bloc); Ak Zhol Party "Bright Path" [Bulat ABILOV,
Uraz ZHANDOSOV, Lyudmila ZHULANOVA, Alikhan BAYMENOV, Altynbek
SARSENBAYEV, co-chairs]; ASAR "All Together" [Dariga NAZARBAYEVA,
chairwoman]; AUL "Village" [Gani KALIYEV]; Civic Party [Azat
PERUASHEV, first secretary]; Communist Party or KPK [Serikbolsyn
ABDILDIN, first secretary]; Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan
[Vladislav KOSAREV]; Democratic Choice Party of Kazakhstan
[Galiymzhan ZHAKIYANOV]; Democratic Party of Kazakhstan [Maksut
NARIKBAEV]; Otan "Fatherland" [Nursultan NAZARBAYEV, chairman];
Patriots' Party [Gani KASYMOV]; Rukhaniyat [Altynshash JAGANOVA]
note: twelve parties in Kazakhstan were registered for the elections
in the fall of 2004
Kenya
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-People or FORD-People
[Kimaniwa NYOIKE, chairman]; Kenya African National Union or KANU
[Uhuru KENYATTA]; National Rainbow Coalition or NARC [Mwai KIBAKI] -
the governing party
Kiribati
Boutokaan Te Koaua Party or BTK [Taberannang TIMEON];
Maneaban Te Mauri Party or MTM [Teburoro TITO]; Maurin Kiribati Pati
or MKP [leader NA]; National Progressive Party or NPP [Dr. Harry
TONG]
note: there is no tradition of formally organized political parties
in Kiribati; they more closely resemble factions or interest groups
because they have no party headquarters, formal platforms, or party
structures
Korea, North
major party - Korean Workers' Party or KWP [KIM Jong
Il, general secretary]; minor parties - Chondoist Chongu Party [RYU
Mi Yong, chairwoman] (under KWP control); Social Democratic Party
[KIM Yong Dae, chairman] (under KWP control)
Korea, South
Democratic Labor Party or DLP [KIM Hye-kyung,
chairwoman]; Grand National Party or GNP [PARK Geun-hye,
chairwoman]; Millennium Democratic Party or MDP [HAHN Hwa-kap,
chairman]; United Liberal Democrats or ULD [KIM Hak-won, chairman];
Uri Party [LIM Chae-jung, interim chairman]
Kuwait
none; formation of political parties is illegal
Kyrgyzstan
Adilet (Justice) Party [Toychubek KASYMOV]; Agrarian
Labor Party of Kyrgyzstan [Uson SYDYKOV]; Agrarian Party of
Kyrgyzstan [Erkin ALIYEV]; Alga, Kyrgyzstan (Forward, Kyrgyzstan)
[Bolot BEGALIYEV]; Ar-Namys (Dignity) Party [Emil ALIYEV]; Asaba
(Banner National Revival Party) [Azimbek BEKNAZAROV]; Ata-Meken
(Fatherland) [Omurbek TEKEBAYEV]; Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan
[Klara ADZHIBEKOVA]; Democratic Movement of Kyrgyzstan or DDK [Jypar
JEKSHEYEV]; Erkin Kyrgyzstan Progressive and Democratic Party
[Bektur ASANOV]; Erkindik (Freedom) Party [Topchubek TURGUNALIYEV];
Future of Kyrgyzstan [Balbak TULEBAYEV]; Jany Kyrgyzstan (New
Kyrgyzstan) [Dosbol NUR UULU]; Kairan El [Dooronbek SADYKOV]; Kyrgyz
National Party [Bakyt BESHIMOV]; Kyrgyzstan Kelechegi [Ruslan
CHYNYBAYEV]; Manas El (Party of Spiritual Restoration) [Chingiz
AITMATOV]; Moya Strana (My Country Party of Action) [Joomart
OTORBAYEV]; Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan or KCP [Bakytbek
BEKBOYEV]; Party of Justice and Progress [Muratbek IMANALIEV]; Party
of Peasants [Esengul ISAKOV]
Laos
Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [KHAMTAI Siphandon,
party president]; other parties proscribed