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{{Short description|Loose political international which operated from 2005 to 2012}}
{{Distinguish|International Democrat Union}}
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[[File:Alliance of Democrats.png|thumb|243px|Member parties who lead the government coalition are in green. Countries with member parties who are part of the government coalition, but do not lead it, are in yellow (as of June 2012).]]
The '''Alliance of Democrats''' was a loose [[political international]] which operated from 2005 to 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.pde-edp.eu/en/alliance-of-democrats/presentation|title = Alliance of Democrats|date = |accessdate = 23 November 2014|website = |publisher = [[European Democratic Party]]|last = |first = |archive-date = 22 February 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150222134852/http://www.pde-edp.eu/en/alliance-of-democrats/presentation|url-status = dead}}</ref> While it did not publish an official manifesto, it consisted of a broad array of political parties that identified as [[centre-right]], [[centrism|centrist]], and [[centre-left]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.allianceofdemocrats.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=70|title = Towards a new Alliance of Democrats|date = 21 April 2007|publisher = Alliance of Democrats|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120216013217/http://www.allianceofdemocrats.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=70|archivedate = 16 February 2012|url-status = dead}}</ref> It was founded by the [[Democratic Party (United States)|United States Democratic Party]], the [[European Democratic Party]] (EDP) and the [[Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats]] (CALD).

The Alliance included members of the [[Centrist Democrat International]] (such as the [[Christian Democrat Party of Chile]] and the [[Democratic Union of Catalonia]]) and the [[Liberal International]] (such as all members of the [[Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats]]), as well as former members of [[Socialist International]] (the [[Indian National Congress]]), Israel's relatively new [[Kadima]] party, and conservative parties such as the [[Democratic Party of Serbia]], which is also member of the [[International Democrat Union]].

The Alliance was co-chaired by [[François Bayrou]], [[Francesco Rutelli]] and [[Ellen Tauscher]], while after 2008 [[Gianni Vernetti]], who was also co-president of the Italian Liberal Group, was the Alliance's coordinator.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.allianceofdemocrats.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=64|title = Board of Directors|publisher = Alliance of Democrats|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120216013340/http://www.allianceofdemocrats.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=64|archivedate = 16 February 2012|url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Past members==

===National parties and groups===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country || Party
|-
| {{flag|Andorra}} || [[Liberal Party of Andorra]]
|-
| {{flag|Belgium}} || [[Citizens' Movement for Change]]
|-
| {{flag|Burma}} || [[National Council of the Union of Burma]]
|-
| {{flag|Cambodia}} || [[Sam Rainsy Party]]
|-
| {{flag|Chile}} || [[Christian Democrat Party of Chile]]
|-
| {{flag|Cyprus}} || [[European Party (Cyprus)|European Party]]
|-
| {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || [[Dominican Revolutionary Party]]
|-
| {{flag|Egypt}} || [[Democratic Front Party]]
|-
| {{flag|France}} || [[Democratic Movement (France)|Democratic Movement]]
|-
| {{flag|Hong Kong}} || [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]]
|-
| {{flag|India}} || [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| {{flag|Indonesia}} || [[Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle]]
|-
| {{flag|Iraqi Kurdistan}} || [[Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq]]
|-
| {{flag|Israel}} || [[Kadima]]
|-
| {{flag|Italy}} || [[Alliance for Italy]]
|-
| {{flag|Japan}} || [[Democratic Party of Japan]]
|-
| {{flag|Kazakhstan}} || [[Democratic Party (Kazakhstan)|Democratic Party]]
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}} || [[Labour Party (Lithuania)|Labour Party]]
|-
| {{flag|Malaysia}} || [[Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia|Malaysian People's Movement Party]]
|-
| {{flag|Maldives}} || [[Maldivian Democratic Party]]
|-
| {{flag|Philippines}} || [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal Party]]
|-
| {{flag|San Marino}} || [[Popular Alliance (San Marino)|Popular Alliance]]
|-
| {{flag|Senegal}} || [[Senegalese Democratic Party]]
|-
| {{flag|Serbia}} || [[Democratic Party of Serbia]]
|-
| {{flag|Singapore}} || [[Singapore Democratic Party]]
|-
| {{flag|Slovakia}} || [[People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia]]
|-
| {{flag|South Africa}} || [[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]]
|-
| {{flag|Spain}} || [[Basque Nationalist Party|Basque National Party]]
|-
| {{flag|Spain}} || [[Democratic Union of Catalonia]]
|-
| {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || [[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka]]
|-
| {{flag|Sudan}} || [[Liberal Democratic Party, Sudan|Liberal Party]]
|-
| {{flag|Taiwan}} || [[Democratic Progressive Party]]
|-
| {{flag|Thailand}} || [[Democrat Party (Thailand)|Democrat Party]]
|-
| {{flag|United Kingdom}} || [[Policy Network]]
|-
| {{flag|United States}} || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]
|-
| {{flag|Uruguay}} || [[Broad Front (Uruguay)|Broad Front]]
|}

===International coalitions===
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! Region || Party
|-
| Africa || Alliance of Liberals and Democrats from the African Caribbean and Pacific
|-
| Asia || [[Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats]]
|-
| {{flag|European Union}} || [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
|-
| {{flag|European Union}} || [[European Democratic Party]]
|}

===Notable individual members===
*{{flagicon|Afghanistan|2004}} [[Shukria Barakzai]] ([[Afghanistan|Afghan]] politician and [[Islamic feminism|Muslim feminist]])
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Pasqual Maragall]] (former president of the [[Generalitat de Catalunya]])
*{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Ona Juknevičienė]] (MEP, EDP member)
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Paweł Piskorski]] (MEP, EDP member)
*{{flagicon|Rwanda}} [[Yolande Mukagasana]] (writer, witness to the genocide in [[Rwanda]])

==Leadership==
*Co-Chairs: [[François Bayrou]], [[Francesco Rutelli]], [[Gianni Vernetti]] and [[Ellen Tauscher]] (2005–...)
*Coordinator: [[Gianni Vernetti]] (2008–...)

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070516074135/http://www.allianceofdemocrats.org/ Official website]

[[Category:Political internationals|Alliance of Democrats]]
[[Category:2005_establishments_in_the_United_States]] 
[[Category:2012_disestablishments_in_the_United_States]] 
[[Category:Former international organizations]] 
[[Category:Centrist political advocacy groups in the United States]] 
[[Category:Centrism in Europe]] 
[[Category:Centrism in Asia]]