Italy
Center-Left Olive Tree Coalition [Francesco RUTELLI] -
Democrats of the Left, Daisy Alliance (including Italian Popular
Party, Italian Renewal, Union of Democrats for Europe, The
Democrats), Sunflower Alliance (including Green Federation, Italian
Democratic Socialists), Italian Communist Party; Center-Right
Freedom House Coalition [Silvio BERLUSCONI] (formerly House of
Liberties and Freedom Alliance) - Forza Italia, National Alliance,
The Whiteflower Alliance (includes Christian Democratic Center,
United Christian Democrats), Northern League; Democrats of the Left
or DS [Piero FASSINO]; Forza Italia or FI [Silvio BERLUSCONI]; Green
Federation [Alfonso Pecoraro SCANIO]; Italian Communist Party or
PdCI [Armando COSSUTTA]; Italian Renewal or RI [Lamberto DINI];
merged with PPI and I Democratici to form La Margherita (or The
Daisy Alliance); Italian Social Democrats or SDI [Enrico BOSELLI];
Lega Padana [Roberto BERNARDELLI]; National Alliance or AN
[Gianfranco FINI]; Northern League or NL [Umberto BOSSI]; Per le
Autonomie [leader NA]; Socialist Movement-Tricolor Flame or
MS-Fiamma [Luca ROMAGNOLI]; South Tyrol People's Party or SVP
(German speakers) [Elmar Pichler ROLLE]; Sunflower Alliance
(includes Green Federation, Italian Social Democrats); The Daisy
Alliance (includes Italian Popular Party, Italian Renewal, Union of
Democrats for Europe, The Democrats) [Francesco RUTELLI]; The
Democrats [Arturo PARISI]; The Radicals (formerly Pannella Reformers
and Autonomous List) [Marco PANNELLA]; Union of Democrats for Europe
or UDEUR [Clemente MASTELLA]; Union of Christian and Center
Democrats or UDC [Marco FOLLINI]
Jamaica
Jamaica Labor Party or JLP [Bruce GOLDING]; National
Democratic Movement or NDM [Hyacinth BENNETT]; People's National
Party or PNP [Percival James PATTERSON]
Japan
Democratic Party of Japan or DPJ [Seiji MAEHARA, leader; Yukio
HATOYAMA, secretary general]; Japan Communist Party or JCP [Kazuo
SHII, chairman; Tadayoshi ICHIDA, secretary general]; Komeito
[Takenori KANZAKI, president; Tetsuzo FUYUSHIBA, secretary general];
Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Junichiro KOIZUMI, president;
Tsutomu TAKEBE, secretary general]; Social Democratic Party or SDP
[Mizuho FUKUSHIMA, chairperson; Seiji MATAICHI, secretary general]
Jersey
none; all independents
Jordan
Al-Ajyal [Muhammad KHALAYLEH, secretary general]; Al-Umma
(Nation) Party [Ahmad al-HANANDEH, secretary general]; Arab Land
Party [Dr. Ayishah Salih HIJAZAYN, secretary general]; Ba'th Arab
Progressive Party [Fu'ad DABBUR, secretary general]; Communist Party
[Munir HAMARINAH, secretary general]; Constitutional National Party
[Ahmad al-SHUNNAQ, secretary general; Democratic Arab Islamic
Movement [Yusuf ABU BAKR, president]; Green Party [Muhammad
BATAYNEH, secretary general]; Islamic Action Front [Hazma MANSOUR,
secretary general]; Islamic al-Walsat Party [Marwan al-FAURI],
secretary general; Jordanian Democratic Left Party [Musa MA'AYTEH,
secretary general]; Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party [Sa'id
Dhiyab Ali MUSTAFA, secretary general]; Jordanian People's
Democratic (Hashd) Party [Ahmad YUSUF, secretary general]; Jordanian
Progressive Party [Fawwaz al-ZUBI, secretary general]; Labor Party
[Dr. Mazin Sulayman Jiryis HANNA, secretary general]; Muslim
Centrist Party [leader NA]; National Action (Haqq) Party [Tariq
al-KAYYALI, secretary general]; National Constitutional Party [Abdul
Hadi MAJALI, secretary general]; National Movement for Direct
Democracy [Mahmud al-NUWAYHI, secretary general]; Pan-Arab
(Democratic) Movement [Mahmud al-NUWAYHI, secretary general]; (Arab)
Socialist Ba'th Party [Taysir al-HIMSI, secretary general]
Kazakhstan
Agrarian Party [Romin MADINOV]; 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 Party of
Kazakhstan [Maksut NARIKBAEV]; Otan "Fatherland" [Bakhytzhan
ZHUMAGULOV, acting chairman]; Patriots' Party [Gani KASYMOV];
Rukhaniyat [Altynshash JAGANOVA]
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]; Democratic Party or DP [HAHN Hwa-kap, chairman]; Grand
National Party or GNP [PARK Geun-hye, chairwoman]; United Liberal
Democrats or ULD [KIM Hak-won, chairman]; Uri Party [MOON Hee-sang,
chairman]