Chairman: | Davit Usupashvili |
Foundation: | June 16, 2017 |
Dissolution: | December 22, 2019 |
Ideology: | Pro-Europeanism Centrism |
Headquarters: | Tbilisi |
Country: | Georgia |
Native Name: | Georgian: შენების მოძრაობა |
Split: | Republicans National Forum |
Merged: | Lelo for Georgia |
Position: | Center |
Country Dab1: | Politics of Georgia (country) |
Elections Dab1: | Elections in Georgia (country) |
Parties Dab1: | List of political parties in Georgia (country) |
The Development Movement (Georgian: შენების მოძრაობა|tr) was a political movement in Georgia. It was founded by former speaker of Parliament of Georgia David Usupashvili and former members of Republican Party of Georgia and National Forum. The movement declared itself as centrist. It took part in 2017 Georgian local elections and obtained about 0.7% overall. DM's candidate for 2018 presidential election was David Usupashvili where he got 2.36% of votes.[1]
In December 2019, the new political union Lelo for Georgia was established. Among the party, its founders are members of the Development Movement and New Rights, both of whom merged to form the new party. Members of Lelo for Georgia say that their goal will be to win the next parliamentary elections and form a government.[2] [3] [4]