Gambela People's Democratic Movement

Gambela People's Democratic Movement
Founded2003
Dissolved1 December 2019
Preceded byGPLM
GPDF
Merged intoProsperity Party

The Gambela Peoples’ Democratic Movement (GPDM, Amharic: የጋምቤላ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲያዊ ንቅናቄ, romanizedYä-Gambella Həzbočč Demokrasiyawi Nəqnaqe), also known as the Gambela People’s Democratic Movement[1] or Gambella Peoples’ Unity Democratic Movement (Amharic: ጋምቤላ ሕዝቦች አንድነት ዴሞክራሲያዊ ንቅናቄ, romanized: Gambälla Həzbočč Andinet Demokrasiyawi Nəqnaqe, GPUDM),[2][3] was a political party in the Gambela Region of Ethiopia. It was the regional ally of the ruling EPRDF coalition.

The GPDM was founded as the new regional EPRDF ally in 2003. Its predecessors were the Gambela People's Liberation Movement (GPLM), which was in existence 1991–1998, and the Gambela People’s Democratic Front (GPDF), in existence 1998–2003.

  1. ^ National Electoral Board of Ethiopia: A Summary of Political Parties/Independent Candidates Running for the Year 2005 Regional Parliamentary Election Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ GPUDM vows to ensure public benefit from fruits of dev't, Walta Information Center, 2 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Parties Symbol & Logo". National Election Board of Ethiopia. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)