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The 7 General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian The 7th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political parties List of Participants for the 7th General Assembly of the ICAPP (Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 21-24, 2012) Political Parties (53) Azerbaijan 1. New Azerbaijan Party - Hon. Ali Ahmadov, Deputy Chairman and Executive Secretary - Hon. Ramiz Mehdiyev, Chief of Presidential Administration, Government of Azerbaijan - Hon. Asaf Hajiyev, Head of the International Department - Mr. Siyavush Novruzov, Deputy Executive Secretary - Mr. Mubariz Gurbanli, Deputy Executive Secretary - Ms. Nurlana Aliyeva, Chairperson of Women’s Council - Mr. Seymur Orujov, Chairman of the Youth Union - Mr. Ramin Mammadov, Deputy Chairman of the Youth Union - Ms. Sevinj Fataliyeva, Deputy Chairperson of the Youth Union - Ms. Malahat Ibrahimgizi, Member of the Political Council 2. Civic Solidarity Party - Hon. Sabir Rustamkhanli, Chairman - Mr. Ali Nadir Aliyev, Chairman - Mr. Fazail Ibrahimli, Vice Chairman - Mr. Rafiq Manafli, Chairman of the Supreme Assembly - Mr. Elabbas Kamran Meherremov, Member of Political Council - Mr. Ramil Galamirza Huseynov, Deputy 3. Motherland Party - Mr. Agamali Elchin, Deputy Chairman for International Affairs - Mr. Zahid Orucov, Member of Parliament - Ms. Yegana Haciyeva Tofiq - Ms. Feride Qafarova 4. Azerbaijan Popular Front Party - Hon. Ali Karimli, Chairman - Mr. Niyameddin Ordukhanov, Vice Chairman - Mr. Razi Nurullayev, Deputy Chairperson for Foreign Affairs - Mr. Fuad Gahramanly, Deputy Chairperson for Political Affairs - Mr. Sohrab Abdullayev, General Secretary - Mr. Elchin Mirzabayli, Vice Chairman on International Relations 5. Equality Party (Musavat) - Ms. Roya Rafiyeva, Correspondent 6. Azerbaijan Liberal Party - Mr. Avaz Temirkhan, Chairman - Mr. Elman Mammadzade, Chairman of the Executive Committee - Mr. Ismayil Aliaskerli, Chairman of the Controlling and Auditing Committee 7. Great Structure Party - Mr. Rashad Babayev, Head of Youth Department - Ms. Ajdar Aliyev - Mr. Zaur Mehman Mehdiyev The 7th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political parties 8. Azerbaijan Democratic Reform Party - Mr. Asim Nazim Mollazade, Chairman - Mr. Ramin Hajili, Member of the Political Board - Ms. Ulker Abdullayeva, Member of Political Board - Mr. Mardan Rauf Efendiyev, Member of the Political Council 9. Azerbaijan Social Democratic Party - Mr. Araz Mahammad Alizada, Chairman - Mr. Tahmaz Izzat Mammadov - Mr. Yashar Sardar Asadov 10. Azerbaijan Communist Party - Hon. Rauf Gurbanov, Chairman - Mr. Fikrat Rashidov, Deputy of the Chairman - Ms. Gulnisa Mahsimova, Deputy of the Chairman - Mr. Nazir Asgarov, Assistant to the Chairman 11. Adalet Party - Mr. Ilyas Ismayilov, Chairman - Mr. Elnur Hasanov Armenia 12. Heritage Party - Hon. Raffi K. Hovannisian, Chairman Bangladesh 13. Bangladesh Awami League - Hon. Abdul Matin Khasru, Former Minister of Law, Justice and Placement Affairs, and Secretary for Legal Affairs of the Central Committee - Mrs. Salima Subhan Khasru, wife of Hon. A.M. Khasru 14. Jatiya Party (National Party of Bangladesh) - Hon. Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Former President of Bangladesh and Chairman of Jatiyo Party - Mr. Golam Moshi, Member of the Presidium in charge for International and Diplomatic Affairs - Major (retd.) Md. Khaled Akhter, Private Secretary to the Chairman Cambodia 15. Cambodian People’s Party - H.E. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister - Madam Sok An, Wife of Deputy Prime Minister - Tansri Chen Lip Keong, Advisor to the Royal Government of Cambodia - Hon. Suos Yara, Under Secretary of State, Office of the Council of Ministers - Mr. Chen Yepern, Assistant to Tansri Chen Lip Keong - Hon. Yos Son, Chairman of International Department, CPP - Hon. Tekreth Samrach, Secretary of State, Office of Council of Ministers - Mr. Sao Sopheap, Advisor to the Office of the Council of Ministers - Mr. Kong Chanveasna, Director of International Relations, Office of the Council of Ministers - Mr. Peng Ponea, Official of the Cabinet of Deputy Prime Minister - Mr. Sim Saravuth, Assistant to Tansri Chen Lip Keong The 7th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political parties 16. Funcinpec Party - Hon. Keo Puth Reasmey, Chairman of the Party and Advisor to the Royal Government of Cambodia with the rank of Deputy Prime Minister - Dr. Tee Ching Seng, Counselor to the President China 17. Communist Party of China - Hon. Du Qinglin, Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) - Hon. Ai Ping, Vice Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC) - Hon. Chen Xiqing, Vice Minister, United Front Work Department of CPC (UFWDCPC) - Mrs. Rao Huihua, Deputy Director General, IDCPC - Mr. Yao Zhichuan, Deputy Director General, UFWDCPC India 18. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Member of the National Executive and Political Associate to the National President - Mr. Nalin Satyakam Kohli, Officer in charge of Publicity Department 19. All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) - Dr. Barun Kumar Mukherji, Member of Parliament and National Secretary and Chairman of Bengal Committee Indonesia 20. GOLKAR Party - Hon. Ms. Iris Indira Murti, Head of International Cooperation Board - Mr. Happy Bone Zulkarnain, Vice Secretary General - Mr. Formoyudha Humphrey Albert, Vice Treasurer - Ms. Emmalia Natar, Member of International Cooperation Board 21. Prosperous Justice Party - Hon. Dr. Taufik Ramlan Widjaja, Head of Foreign Relation Division - Hon. Raden Agoeng Hardianto Wibowo, General Secretary of Foreign Relation Division - Dr. Ms. Anis Byarwati Burhanuddin, Head of Women Division - Ms. Kurniasih Mufidayati, Secretary of Women Division 22. Crescent Star Party - Hon. Malem Sambat Kaban, President - Hon. B.M. Wibowo Hadiwardoyo, Secretary General - Mr. Rilowidadi Soesilo Sardadi - Mr. Sabar Sitanggang Sampit, Former Vice Secretary General Iran 23. Islamic Motalefeh Party - Hon. Prof. Dr. Hassan Ghafouri Fard, Former Vice President of Iran, and Member of the Central Committee - Mr. Mahdi Soli, Vice President of the Center for International Affairs and Advisor on International Affairs to Former Vice President The 7th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political parties - Mr. Reza Rafighdoost, Head of the Studies and Planning 24. Iran Parties House - Mr. Ghodrat Ali Heshmatiyan, Member of the Central Council - Mr. Saber Mir Ataie, Member of the Central Council Iraq 25. Islamic Group in Kurdistan - Mr. Anwar Faraj Sadoon, Member of Leadership - Mr. Dara Mohammed Ameen Saeed, Member of Leadership Japan 26. Japanese Communist Party - Hon. Yasuo Ogata, Vice Chairperson of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the International Commission Kazakhstan 27. People’s Democratic Party “Nur Otan” - Hon. Mukhtar Yerman, Deputy Head of Central Office Korea, Republic of 28. Saenuri (New Frontier) Party - Hon. Hwang Jin-ha, Member of the National Assembly and President of ICAPP Parliamentarians’ Union in the Korean National Assembly - Hon. Ms. Park In-sook, Member of the National Assembly - Mr. Park Jin-ho, Director General, ICAPP Parliamentarians’ Union in the Korean National Assembly Laos 29. Lao People’s Revolutionary Party - Hon. Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Deputy Head of the Committee for External Relations of the Central Committee - Mr. Vanghue Nengmongvang, Chief Officer, Division of Party Relations Lebanon 30. Future Movement Party - Hon. Fadi Fawaz, Advisor to the Prime Minister Saad Hariri - Mrs. Cherine Elias Sfeir, Coordinator of International Affairs Malaysia 31. United Malay National Organization (UMNO) - Hon. Dato Seri Shahidan bin Kassim, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for the Northern Region Economic Growth, and Member of Supreme Council - Mrs. Datin Seri Shamsiah M. Yassin, Wife of Hon. Dato Seri Shahidan - Ms. Mohd Hisamudin Yahaya, UMNO Youth Wing Executive Committee Member 32. Malaysian Chinese Association - Dr. Chua Soi Lek, President of MCA - Mr. Tay Puay Chuan, Chief of MCA National Legal Bureau - Mr. Lee Ban Seng, State Economic Bureau Chief The 7th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political parties - Ms. Ng Miow Hia , Deputy Chief of MCA National Legal Bureau cum the Central Committees of MCA Women Section - Ms. Ho Siew Lian , State Deputy Organizing Secretary - Ms. Yap Chin Chin, Secretary to MCA President - Ms. Tan Sing Pei, Secretary to MCA President 33. Pan Malaysian Islamic Party (Parti Islam SeMalaysia, PAS) - Hon. Mustafa Ali, Secretary General of PAS and Former Deputy Minister - Mrs. Aminah Mohamad, Wife of Hon. Mustafa Ali - Dr. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar, Political Secretary to the President of PAS - Mr. Tuan Ibharim Tuan Man, Information Chief - Mr. Nik Zawawi Nik Salleh, Information Chief of Ulama Wing - Ms. Fatin Zahirah Mustafa Maldives 34. Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party - Mr. Moosa Fathuhee Adam, President of Shaviyani Atoll Council 35. Jumhooree Party (Republican Party) - Mr. Mohamed Imthiyaz, Member of the Council and Register General - Mr. Hassan Shah, Secretary General Mongolia 36. Mongolian People’s Party - Hon. Khuldorj Buren-Erdene, Member of the Conference - Mr. Dashdondog Ganbat, Deputy Chairman of Economic Policy Standing Committee, Steering Council Nepal 37. Nepali Congress - Hon. Ms Sujata Koirala, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Head of International Relations Department - Mr. Rakesh Hamal 38. Communist Party of Nepal (UML) - Hon. Madhav Kumar Nepal, Former Prime Minister and Senior Leader of CPN (UML) - Mr. Keshav Raj Pandey, Secretary,
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