Asia Pacific Democracy Union

The Asia Pacific Democracy Union (APDU) is a regional association of centre-right and right-wing political parties associated to the International Democracy Union (IDU).^[1] It aims to promote freedom and free enterprise by considering matters of political organization and policy of interest to member parties.^[2]

Asia Pacific Democracy Union

Formation	June 1982
Type	Regional organization
Legal status	Active
Purpose	Conservatism
Headquarters	Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, Sri Lanka
Region	Asia-Pacific
Chairman	Judith Collins
Vice Chairman	Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
Parent organization	International Democracy Union

Members

Country	Party	Abbr.	Colour	Legislative seats		Status
				Lower House	Upper House
Australia	Liberal	LPA	Blue	28 / 150	25 / 76	In opposition
Canada	Conservative Parti conservateur du Canada	CPC PCC	Blue	144 / 338	12 / 105	In opposition
India	Bharatiya Janata Party भारतीय जनता पार्टी	BJP	Saffron	240 / 543	101 / 245	In government
Taiwan	Kuomintang 中國國民黨	KMT	Blue	52 / 113		In opposition
South Korea	People Power 국민의힘	PPP	Red	107 / 300		In opposition
Maldives	Democratic ދިވެހިރައްޔިތުންގެ ޑިމޮކްރެޓިކް ޕާޓީ	MDP	Yellow	12 / 93		In opposition
Mongolia	Democratic Монголын Ардчилсан Нам	AN	Sky blue	42 / 126		junior party in government coalition
Nepal	Rastriya Prajatantra राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी	RPP	Gold	14 / 275	0 / 59	In opposition
New Zealand	National Rōpū Nāhinara o Aotearoa	NAT	Blue	49 / 123		In government
Sri Lanka	United National එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி	UNP	Green	1 / 225		In opposition
United States	Republican	R/GOP	Red	219 / 435	53 / 100	In government

List of chairpersons of APDU

• Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickramasinghe served as the chairperson of the APDU from 2005 to 5 April 2024.^[3][4]
• Current New Zealand Attorney-General Judith Collins serves as chairperson of the APDU since 5 April 2024.^[5]