Strategy Aghmashenebeli სტრატეგია აღმაშენებელი
Leader	Giorgi Vashadze
Founded	June 6, 2016
Split from	UNM
Headquarters	Tbilisi, Georgia
Ideology	Liberalism Progressivism Reformism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre
European affiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Colours	Red
Seats in Parliament	2 / 150
Municipal Councilors	8 / 2,068
Seats In Kutaisi City Assembly	1 / 35
Website
aghmashenebeli.ge
Politics of Georgia Political parties Elections

Strategy Aghmashenebeli (Georgian: სტრატეგია აღმაშენებელი, romanized: st'rat'egia aghmashenebeli), sometimes translated as Strategy Builder (named after the King David IV of Georgia, also known as David the Builder), is a political party in Georgia founded by Giorgi Vashadze, who along with supporters left the UNM after a party conflict. Strategy Aghmashenebeli has declared itself as following liberal principles. The party took part in the 2016 Georgian parliamentary election in the bloc State for a People, led by Paata Burchuladze, but only obtaining 3.45% of votes, it could not overcome the barrier to enter the Parliament.

The party was originally named as New Georgia. During the 2017 Tbilisi mayoral elections, the party's candidate was its leader Giorgi Vashadze, who came sixth, obtaining 1.95 percent of the vote

During the 2018 presidential elections' campaign, New Georgia joined the largest opposition coalition Strength Is in Unity.

On 30 July 2020, New Georgia changed its name to Strategy Aghmashenebeli. Its new name refers to medieval Georgian monarch Davit Aghmashenebeli (Aghmashenebeli is a Georgia word which is translated as Builder). Ahead of the 2020 parliamentary election, the party and Law and Justice split from Strength in Unity coalition and created their own coalition, which was also named Strategy Aghmashenebeli. The coalition obtained 4 seats in the Georgian Parliament.

The party ran in 2021 local election as a member of the Third Force coalition.^[1] On 11 December 2021, Strategy Aghmashenebeli officially became a full member of the ALDE Party.^[2]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary election

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government	Coalition
2016	Giorgi Vashadze	60,681	3.45	0 / 150	New	6th	Extra-parliamentary	State for the People
2020	Giorgi Vashadze	60,671	3.15	4 / 150	4	5th	Opposition	Independent

Local election

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
2017[3]	18,426	1.23	1 / 2,043	New
2021[4]	23,629	1.34	8 / 2,068	7

Seats in Municipal assemblies

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