Social-Democrats (Gregahou)
Social-Democrats Sotsialdemokratiy | |
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| President | Artur Dzhiotiy |
| Chairperson | Imat Ilva |
| Founded | 12 October 1982 |
| Headquarters | Pr. Revolutsionağa 351 R. Tsentralniy Stolitsemlağa |
| Newspaper | Zreniy Stolitsemlağanskiy |
| Membership |  207,848 |
| Ideology | Social democracy Social liberalism |
| Political position | Center to center-left [1] |
| Colors | Red White |
| Nat'l. Assembly | 6 / 20
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| Public Assembly | 23 / 60
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| Website | |
| sotdem.go | |
The Gregahouvian Social-Democratic Party (Partiy Sotsialdemokratiçeskiy Greğahouğaniy), frequently abbreviated to Social-Democrats (Sotsialdemokratiy) or PSD, is a centrist and liberal political party in Gregahou.
Founded one year after the nation's independence in 1981, the party first saw success in the 1988 presidential election with candidate Emil Dudayev, and most recently reestablished power with the 2018 election of incumbent president Imat Ilva. It holds 6 of 20 seats in the upper house and 23 seats in the lower house, and, in coalition with other leftist bloc parties, has a supermajority in both houses.
In the early 1980s, the party served as a reformist alternative to the country's interim government. In 1988, the party won the presidential election and became a mainstay in Gregahouvian politics using a platform of reformism and social liberalism in order to increase international trade. In the 1990s, however, the party pushed back on President Josef Ardan's liberal economic policies and instead pushed for a mixed economy and higher taxation on foreign investors. In the beginning of the 21st century, the party achieved additional support with the success of the People's Party, working alongside 2006 president-elect Art Lebedev to push back on the country's trend toward increased labor export. Currently, the Social-Democratic Party's philosophy is a blend of the party's namesake, social democracy theory with a centrist support for a modern liberal economy. The party reestablished power as the country's most popular in the 2018 presidential election, where candidate Imat Ilva won by the largest margin in history. The success is often credited to the party's new campaigns on centrist and conservative independent voters.