Industry Will Save Georgia (''Mretsveloba Gadaarchens Sak'art'velos'', მრეწველობა გადაარჩენს საქართველოს) is a
centre-right
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conservative
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in
Georgia
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It was founded in 1999 by
Gogi Topadze, the proprietor of a big beer and drinks company (Kazbegi) and gathered pro-business and industrial lobbyists. Its main objective was to change the country's economic policy, especially by fighting the influence of the
International Monetary Fund
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(IMF). The party took part in the
1999 parliamentary elections and won 15 seats, making it the third-strongest party. Even though it was not part of the government, it co-operated with then-ruling
Citizens' Union of Georgia (CUG) of President
Eduard Shevardnadze
Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze ( ka, ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე}, romanized: ; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia fo ...
and did not constitute a firm opposition. During the
2004 legislative election, the party was part of the
Rightist Opposition alliance, together with the
New Rights party. The coalition won 23 seats, making it the second force in parliament, behind new president
Mikheil Saakashvili
Mikheil Saakashvili ( ka, მიხეილ სააკაშვილი ; uk, Міхеіл Саакашвілі ; born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist. 's dominating
United National Movement. In the
2012 parliamentary election, the party participated as part of the winning
Georgian Dream
Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia ( ka, ქართული ოცნება – დემოკრატიული საქართველო, ''Kartuli ocneba – Demok’rat’iuli Sakartvelo'') is a social democratic political ...
alliance. The party left the Georgian Dream coalition before the
2016 parliamentary elections. Despite this the Georgian Dream coalition continues to cooperate with the party. During the 2016 elections, Industry Will Save Georgia won their only majoritarian, Simon Nozadze, constituency without facing a competing candidate from the Georgian Dream.
In his book ''Semiotics of Drink and Drinking'', anthropologist Paul Manning describes Gogi Topadze's ideology as "attempting to create an autarchic link on national production to national consumption."
[Manning, Paul (2012). ''Semiotics of Drink and Drinking''. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 215.]
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