User:Josh Martin/Drafts
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Asia
- Cambodian People's Party (CPP)
- Khmer: Kanakpak Pracheachon Kâmpuchéa (KPK)
- Led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, in office since 15 January 1985
- In power since 1979 (as the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party until 1991)
- Sole legal party, 1981–1991
- Parliamentary election, 2005: CPP 47.3% and 73 out of 123 seats
- Communist Party of China (CPC), as part of the United Front
- Chinese: 中国共产党 (Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng)
- Led by General Secretary Hu Jintao, in office since 15 November 2002
- In power since 1949
- CPC is the constitutionally-defined ruling party; eight minor parties are recognized; no opposition parties operate legally
- Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
- Japanese: 自由民主党 (Jiyū-Minshutō)
- Led by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, in office since 26 September 2007
- In power 1955-1993, and since 1996
- Parliamentary election, 2005: LDP 38.2% and 296 out of 480 seats
- Fatherland
- Russian: Нур Отан (Nur Otan)
- Led by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, in office since 16 December 1991
- In power since 1999 (as Otan until 2006)
- Presidential election, 2005: Nursultan Nazarbayev (Fatherland) 91.15%
- Legislative election, 2007: Fatherland 88.05% and 98 out of 98 seats
- Barisan Nasional (National Front), a coalition of 14 parties led by the United Malays National Organization (UMNO)
- Led by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, in office since 31 October 2003
- In power since 1957 (as the Alliance Party until 1973)
- Parliamentary election, 2008: UMNO 29.33% and 79 out of 222 seats, total for Barisan Nasional 50.27% and 140 out of 222 seats
- Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), as part of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland (DFRF)
- Korean: 조선로동당 (Chosŏn Rodongdang)
- Led by General Secretary Kim Jong-il, in office since 8 October 1997
- In power since 1946 (as the Workers Party of North Korea until 1949)
- Parliamentary election, 2003: DFRF 100.0% and 687 out of 687 seats (of which 687 uncontested)
- WPK is the constitutionally-defined ruling party; two minor parties are recognized; no opposition parties operate legally
- Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP)
- Led by Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi, in office since 23 November 1998
- In power since 1982
- Parliamentary election, 2006: HRPP 35 of 49 seats
- People's Action Party (PAP)
- Led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in office since 12 August 2004
- In power since 30 May 1959
- Presidential election, 2005: President S R Nathan elected unopposed (all competing candidates disqualified)
- Parliamentary election, 2006: PAP 66.6% and 82 out of 84 seats (of which 37 uncontested)
Tajikistan (PDPT)
- General People's Congress (GPC)
- Arabic: المؤتمر الشعبي العام (Al-Mu'tamar al-Sha`bi al-`Ām)
- Led by President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in office since 22 May 1990
- In power since the unification of North Yemen and South Yemen in 1990
- Presidential election, 2006: Ali Abdullah Saleh (GPC) 77.2%
- Parliamentary election, 2003: GPC 58.0% and 238 out of 301 seats