Asia Pacific Democrat Union

The Asia Pacific Democrat Union (APDU), is in international political centre-right, right group of political parties in the Asia Pacific Region. This union is tied and related to the International Democrat Union that is based in Munich ,Germany, the (APDU) Is labelled as a regional union on the International Democrat Union (IDU) Website.

The Asia Pacific Democrat Union aims to provide a place in which political parties that have similar beliefs can exchange there views on matters of policy and interest so that ideas can be shared between party's so that centre-right ideals can be spread and be encouraged all over the world.

This Union currently has 15 members, ranging from Bangladesh to El Salvador, the current chairperson is Ranil Wickramasinghe the former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Serving in this position since 2016. Tenzin Dargyalb Khangsar (Canada) From Tibet serves as vice chairman of the union making him the first person of Tibetan ancestry to represent the organisation. This lead to Controversy with China disagreeing with this Choice due to Tenzin Dargyalb Khangsar (Canada) previously denouncing China's claims on Tibet. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir (India) has also been chosen as vice chairman and Hassan Latheef (Maldives).

The Asia Pacific Democrat Union (APDU), does not have a separate website but you can email, and there party address currently is Sirikotha 400 Kotte Road, Pita Kotte Sri Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka witch is also the headquarters of the United National Party (UNP).

Current party members and affiliates include a range of party in government and opposition including the Liberal party of Australia, The Republican Party of the United States and even the Kuomintang in Republic of China (Taiwan). A full list of party members can be found Bellow.

Country	Party	Abbr	Color	Legislative Seats		Total as percentage	Status
				Lower House	Upper House
Australia	Liberal Party	LPA	Blue	61 / 151	29 / 76	36.7%	In government
Bangladesh	Nationalist Party	BNP	Blue	7 / 350	Unicameral legislature only	2.00%	In opposition
Canada	Conservative Party	CPC PCC	Blue	121 / 338	32 / 105	29.12%	In opposition
Republic of China (Taiwan)	Kuomintang	KMT	Blue	35 / 113	Unicameral legislature only	30.97%	In opposition
Chile	National Renewal	RN	Blue	19 / 120	8 / 38	17.09%	In government
El Salvador	Nationalist Republican Alliance	ARENA	Blue, white and red	35 / 84	Unicameral legislature only	41.67%	In opposition
India	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	Saffron	303 / 543	92 / 245	53.81%	In government
Indonesia	National Awakening Party	PKB	Green	47 / 560	Nonpartisan chamber	8.40%	In government
South Korea	People Power Party	PPP	Pink	103 / 300	Unicameral legislature only	34.33%	In opposition
Maldives	Democratic Party	MDP	Yellow	65 / 87	Unicameral legislature only	74.71%	In government
Mongolia	Democratic Party	AN	Sky blue	9 / 76	Unicameral legislature only	11.84%	In opposition
Nepal	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	RPP	Blue	37 / 601	Unicameral legislature only	6.16%	In opposition
New Zealand	National Party	Nats	Blue	35 / 120	Unicameral legislature only	26.80%	In opposition
Sri Lanka	United National Party	UNP	Green	1 / 225	Unicameral legislature only	47.10%	In opposition
United States	Republican Party	R/GOP	Red	199 / 435	53 / 100	47.10%	In government

External links[edit]

• APDU at the UDI site since deleted as seen from June 17, 2010
• Current IDU site
• Story about Tenzin Dargyal Khangsar serving as vice chairman.
• BNP gets Asia Pacific Democrat Union’s full membership
• The US and Australian Alliance in the Asia Pacific, January 31, 2014 (Video)
• Asia Pacific Democrat Union, Campaign Managers’ Meeting 2019
• Hassan Latheef elected as Vice Chairman of APDU
• Asia Pacific Democrat Union Audio explanation for the Blind