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33: 118: 1055: 627:(SPLA). The latter had a major base in Gambela and had committed numerous atrocities against the local inhabitants; however the GPLM was unable to mobilize more than a negligible portion of the population and never held any liberated area before the fall of the Derg in 1991. With the end of the 884: 728:, 15 May 2005, the party won all the 3 seats from Gambela. The Deputy Chairman of the legislature's Social Affairs Committee is a member of the GPDM. In the August 2005 Regional assembly elections, the party won 81 out of 82 seats in Gambela. 678:, many leaders of this opposition party were detained. In 2003, the central government dissolved the GPDF and replaced it with the GPDM, a coalition of three newly founded ethnic-based parties. The three constituent parties were the 881: 595: 63: 717:, 23 May 2010, the party won all the 3 seats from Gambela. In the 2010 Regional assembly elections held on the same day, the party won all 156 seats in the Gambela legislature. As of 2010, 204: 1260: 915:
Discussing conflict in Ethiopia. Conflict Management and Resolution: Proceedings of the Conference "Ethiopian and German Contributions to Conflict Management and Resolution
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leadership that had dominated the province under the Derg, as well as settling old scores with its ethnic rival. In response, the Nuer organized the
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Despite the GPLM's hold on power it was weakened by internal disputes, predominantly between Anuak from villages along the Upeno (or
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A Summary of Political Parties/Independent Candidates Running for the Year 2005 Regional Parliamentary Election
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The GPDM was founded as the new regional EPRDF ally in 2003. Its predecessors were the
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Gambella Conflicts: The Role of the Government in Preventing and Resolving Conflicts
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Index


GPLM
GPDF
Prosperity Party
Politics of Ethiopia
Political parties
Elections
Politics of Ethiopia

Constitution
History
President
List
Sahle-Work Zewde
Executive
Prime Minister
List
Abiy Ahmed
Deputies
Debretsion Gebremichael
Demeke Mekonnen
Muktar Kedir
Council of Ministers
Legislature
House of Federation
House of Peoples' Representatives
Federal Supreme Court
Elections
2013
2018

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