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, romanized: Yä-Gambella Həzbočč Demokrasiyawi Nəqnaqe), also known as the Gambela People’s Democratic Movement or Gambella Peoples’ Unity Democratic Movement (Amharic: ጋምቤላ ሕዝቦች አንድነት ዴሞክራሲያዊ ንቅናቄ, romanized: Gambälla Həzbočč Andinet Demokrasiyawi Nəqnaqe, GPUDM), 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.