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Free Democrats (Georgia)
Free Democrats თავისუფალი დემოკრატები | |
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| Chairman | Tamar Kekenadze |
| Secretary-General | Emzar Kakulia |
| Founder | Irakli Alasania |
| Founded | 16 July 2009 |
| Registered | 21 August 2009 |
| Headquarters | Tbilisi |
| Ideology | Liberalism[4] Pro-Europeanism[7] |
| Political position | Centre[6] to centre-left[8] |
| National affiliation | Alliance for Georgia (2009–2010) Georgian Dream (2012–2014) Third Force (2021) |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (affiliate)[1] |
| Colors | Blue and Red |
| Seats in Parliament | 0 / 150 |
| Website | |
| fd.ge | |
Free Democrats (Georgian: თავისუფალი დემოკრატები, romanized: tavisupali demok'rat'ebi), previously known as Our Georgia – Free Democrats is a liberal and pro-Western political party in Georgia.[5] It was founded by Irakli Alasania, Georgia's former envoy to the United Nations, on 16 July 2009.[9] Tamar Kekenadze serves as the party's current chairman.[10]
The party was formed in opposition to the government led by Mikheil Saakashvili and his United National Movement (UNM) party.[9] From 2012 to 2014 it was a part of the Georgian Dream coalition that unseated the UNM government from power.[11] In 2016 it ran independently of the coalition barely missing the 5% threshold needed to enter the parliament.[12] Ever since the party has been in the extraparliamentary opposition.
- ^ a b c "ALDE Member Parties". aldeparty.eu.
- ^ Jelger Groeneveld (11 September 2024). "2024 Elections Parliament of Georgia". East Watch.
- ^ a b Carles Jovaní (6 October 2016). "Has democracy become routine in Georgia? A competitive parliamentary election suggests so". Commonspace.eu.
- ^ [1][2][3]
- ^ a b "Georgia's Free Democrats announces party list ahead of October elections". Common Space. 18 July 2016.
- ^ a b Sandro Tabatadze (May 2022). "Party-Based Euroscepticism: The Case of Georgia". Demokratizatsiya: 11.
- ^ [1][5][6][3]
- ^ "Georgia's Political Landscape". Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 18 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Georgian Opposition Leader Alasania Forms New Party". Radio Free Europe. 17 July 2009.
- ^ "პოლიტიკური პარტიების რეესტრი". National Agency of Public Registry of Ministry of Justice of Georgia.
- ^ "Georgian Party Leaves Coalition Government as Row Deepens". Bloomberg.com. 4 November 2014.
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