The Gedeo People's Democratic Party (

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: የጌዲዮን ህዝቦች ዲሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ, GPDP), also formerly known as Gedeo People's Democratic Organization (GPDO), is a

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founded in 1992 as part of Southern Ethiopia Peoples' Democratic Coalition which includes several ethnic-based party. As a proponent of ethnic federalism, the GPDP has an ideology of Gedeo people interests in response to perceived discrimination and marginalization against the people due to

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and environmental crisis. It is an opposition group of the ruling party Prosperity Party with no party leader. In the 2021 Ethiopian general election, GPDP won two seats in the

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as well as 14 seats in SNNPR regional council, making the largest legislative body in the region.

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