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The International Democrat Union is an international grouping of conservative and Christian democratic parties. Headquartered in London, its members include:- CDU/ CSU ( Germany)
- Conservative Party of Canada
- Conservative and Unionist Party ( United Kingdom)
- Hannara (Grand National Party, Republic of Korea)
- Kuomintang ( Republic of China on Taiwan)
- Liberal Party of Australia
- New DemocracyFor the Canadian political party that ran in the 1940 Canadian election see New Democracy (Canada New Democracy or ND ( Greek: , Nea Dhimokratia , founded in 1974, is one of the main political parties in Greece. After an initial period of success, ND spen of GreeceGreece formally called the Hellenic Republic (in Greek: ) Hellenike Demokratia , is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. It is bounded on land by Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania
- New National PartySouth African political parties The New National Party is a South African political party formed when the National Party pulled out of the Government of National Unity with the African National Congress, changing its name in the process. The name change w ( South AfricaSouth Africa is a republic at the southern tip of Africa. It is bordered to the north by Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the north-east by Mozambique and Swaziland. Lesotho is contained entirely inside the borders of South Africa. South Africa is one o)
- New Zealand National PartyCurrent National Party logo The New Zealand National Party is the second largest political party in the New Zealand Parliament, and forms the core of the Opposition. It is the largest centre-right political party in New Zealand. Policies The National Part
- Republican Party ( United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in)
- Union pour un Mouvement Populaire of France
- Høyre ("Right", the conservative party) of Norway
Formed in 1983, the IDU provides a forum in which political parties holding similar beliefs can come together and exchange views on matters of policy and organisational interest, so that they can learn from each other, act together, establish contacts and speak with one strong voice to promote democracy and centre-right policies around the globe. Founder Members of the IDU included Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher, then Vice President of the United States George H. W. Bush, Jacques Chirac - now President of France, then German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and many other party leaders.
The current chairman is Prime Minister of Australia John Howard.
The IDU has a number of regional organisations, as well as the International Young Democrat Union and International Women's Democrat Union .
See also: List of members of the International Democrat Union
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