Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia ქართული ოცნება – დემოკრატიული საქართველო | |
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Chairman | Irakli Garibashvili |
Secretary-General | Kakha Kaladze |
Honorary Chairman | Bidzina Ivanishvili |
Executive Secretary | Mamuka Mdinaradze |
Political Secretary | Irakli Kobakhidze |
Regional Secretary | Dimitri Samkharadze |
Relations with Political Parties Secretary | Gia Volski |
Founder | Bidzina Ivanishvili |
Founded | 21 April 2012 |
Registered | 7 May 2012[1] |
Ideology | |
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National affiliation | Georgian Dream (coalition) (until 2016) |
European affiliation | Party of European Socialists (observer) (2015–2023)[31] |
International affiliation | Progressive Alliance (until 2023) |
Colors | Blue and Amber |
Slogan | მხოლოდ მშვიდობით, ღირსებითა და კეთილდღეობით ევროპისკენ ('Only with peace, dignity, and prosperity to Europe')[32][33] |
Seats In Parliament | 74 / 150 |
Municipal Councilors | 1,333 / 2,068 |
Seats In Supreme Council of Adjara | 14 / 21 |
Seats In Tbilisi City Assembly | 29 / 50 |
Seats In Kutaisi City Assembly | 18 / 35 |
Seats In Batumi City Assembly | 16 / 35 |
Municipal Mayors | 63 / 64 |
Website | |
gd.ge | |
Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia (GD; Georgian: ქართული ოცნება – დემოკრატიული საქართველო, romanized: kartuli otsneba – demok'rat'iuli sakartvelo), also colloquially known as the Kotsebi,[a] is a populist political party in Georgia. It is currently the ruling party in Georgia. Irakli Garibashvili serves as the party chairman, while the former chairman Irakli Kobakhidze has served as the Prime Minister since February 2024. Bidzina Ivanishvili, widely considered the de facto leader of the party, serves as its honorary chairman.
The party was established on 19 April 2012 by billionaire businessman and oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili.[34] It won the general election in the same year, being part of eclectic coalition also called Georgian Dream, which included both pro-Western liberal and anti-NATO nationalist parties.[35] Subsequently, the Georgian Dream party independently won the general elections of 2016 and 2020. It is running in the 2024 parliamentary election with its electoral number being 41.
Georgian Dream has declared itself a centre-left pro-European party, pursuing Euro-Atlantic integration and carrying a mix of centre-left and centre-right economic policies. However, it over time transformed into an explicitly culturally conservative illiberal Eurosceptic party. The main criticism labeled against the party has always been its alleged anti-Western and pro-Russia foreign policy, a characterization that the party fiercely denies. Furthermore, allegations of vote-bribing, democratic backsliding, authoritarianism and autocratic governance are also common.[b]
Recently, Georgian Dream passed legislation considered by the United States and European Union to be contradictory to the country's EU and NATO membership bids. In June 2024 United States sanctioned Georgian Dream officials for "undermining democracy".[36] According to the party itself, it plans to make Georgia part of the EU whilst "playing by Georgian rules".[c]
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Georgian Dream has been associated with the dissemination of disinformation and conspiracy theories, including claims about a so-called "Global War Party".[43]
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