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The People's Party ( ka, ხალხის პარტია, tr) is a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
in Georgia with a
conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...
orientation. It was founded on March 12, 2006. Since the mid-2010s the party has been virtually inactive.


History

The party was founded by Koba Davitashvili, who was an MP from the late 90s until 2001 for the
Union of Citizens of Georgia Union of Citizens of Georgia (UCG; ka, საქართველოს მოქალაქეთა კავშირი, tr), also known as the Citizens' Union of Georgia or Georgian Citizens' Union, was the ruling party of Georgia from 1 ...
, the then ruling party led by
Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze ( ka, ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia (country), Georgi ...
until the
Rose Revolution The Rose Revolution or Revolution of Roses ( ka, ვარდების რევოლუცია, tr) was a nonviolent change of power that occurred in Georgia in November 2003. The event was brought about by widespread protests over the ...
. Davitashvili then joined the newly found
United National Movement United National Movement (UNM; ka, ერთიანი ნაციონალური მოძრაობა, tr) also colloquially known as the Natsebi is a liberal conservative political party in Georgia. Tina Bokuchava serves as the p ...
, but left the party in 2004. he then started his own party, the People's Party. At its first congress on June 9, 2007, the party elected its Supreme Council of the Political Council. Koba Davitashvili was elected as chairman and Asmat Muradashvili as executive secretary. The party released its newspaper "People's Party", which was spread throughout Georgia.


Limited electoral success

As part of the United Opposition centred around the
New Rights Party The New Rights Party (NRP) ( ka, ახალი მემარჯვენეები, tr), also translated as New Conservative Party (NCP), was a political party in Georgia. It was an associate member of the International Democrat Union and ...
and National Forum, the People's Party participated in the
2008 Georgian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 21 May 2008. President Mikheil Saakashvili proposed a referendum on bringing them forward from fall to spring after the 2007 Georgian demonstrations. The referendum was held at the same time as the ...
. The coalition received 15 seats in parliament, among them Davitashvili. In the 2010 local elections, Davitashvili became a member of the Tbilisi City Council. In July 2011 the People's Party joined a six-party opposition coalition initiative. The party did not join the
Georgian Dream coalition Georgian Dream ( ka, ქართული ოცნება, tr) was a Big tent, catch-all political alliance in Georgia (country), Georgia formed around Georgian Dream, Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia (GD – DG) party in opposition to ...
in 2012, led by the newly found
Georgian Dream Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia (GD), also colloquially known as the Kotsebi, is a Conservatism, conservative and populism, populist List of political parties in Georgia (country), political party in Georgia (country), Georgia, which has ...
of oligarch
Bidzina Ivanishvili Bidzina Ivanishvili (; born 18 February 1956), also known as Boris Grigoryevich Ivanishvili, is a French-Georgian businessman, politician and billionaire oligarch. He is founder and the leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party and has ruled G ...
, but Davitashvili agreed with Georgian Dream he would run on the election list in his individual capacity for the
2012 Georgian parliamentary election 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to s ...
. As number eleven on the list, he was subsequently elected in parliament. As result, Davitashvili's place in the Tbilisi City Council was taken over by Kakhaber Firuashvili, member of the political council of the party, who headed the Environmental Commission in the Sakrebulo. In August 2013 Koba Davitashvili left the parliamentary majority to run in the
2013 Georgian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 27 October 2013, the sixth presidential elections since the country's restoration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The last elections in January 2008 resulted in the re-election of M ...
, in which he received 0.6% of the votes. Davitashvili nominally remained member of parliament, but effectively relinquished his work, being disenfranchised with Georgian Dream, through which he was elected and part of the majority. Alexander Shalaberidze was elected as new chair of the party on 27 June 2015. He suddenly died a few days later on July 1, 2015, after which the party effectively stopped working, but remained registered.


Restart in 2017

On January 21, 2017, the People's Party held an extraordinary congress and Aleksandre Kobaidze was elected as chairman of the party. Three years later, at the seventh congress on January 31, 2020, Lavrenti Alania was elected chairman of the political council and the party. Alania was a trade union representative and was accompanied in the new political council by eight other representatives of various trade unions. Their main goal was to protect the rights of employers. Alania was subsequently registered as the executive secretary of the party at the national registration for political parties. The party was registered for the
2020 Georgian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia (country), Georgia on 31 October and 21 November 2020 to elect the 150 members of Parliament of Georgia, Parliament. The ruling Georgian Dream, Georgian Dream party led by Prime Minister of Georgia, Pr ...
, but ultimately withdrew. In May 2024, upon expiration of his four year term and in lack of renewal, Alania was automatically deregistered as leader of the People's Party at the national registry of political parties.


Heads of Party

* Koba Davitashvili (2007-2014) * Alexander Shalamberidze (2015) * Aleksandre Kobaidze (2017-2020) * Lavrenti Alania (2020-2024)


External links


Official web-page
(archived)


References

{{Georgian political parties 2006 establishments in Georgia (country) Conservative parties in Georgia (country) Centre-right parties in Georgia (country)