Gibraltar Social Democrats
Political party in Gibraltar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) is a liberal-conservative, centre-right political party in Gibraltar. The GSD was the governing party for four successive terms in office under the leadership of Peter Caruana, from the 1996 general election until the party's electoral defeat in the 2011 election by the GSLP–Liberal Alliance.
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Gibraltar Social Democrats | |
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Leader | Keith Azopardi MP |
Chairman | Freddie Ballester |
Founded | 1989; 35 years ago (1989) |
Headquarters | 1A College Lane, Gibraltar |
Youth wing | GSD Future |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right |
British affiliation | Conservatives (local branch)[1] |
Colours | Blue and yellow |
Parliament | 8 / 17 |
Website | |
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On 30 November 2017, the party underwent their second leadership election as its leader, Daniel Feetham, resigned in July. As a result, 60.6% of the votes (from executives and members of the party) had gone to support rejoined GSD member, Keith Azopardi, who was a minister and Deputy Chief Minister under the first few years of Peter Caruana's run as Chief Minister. Azopardi had beaten interim leader Roy Clinton, who had gained 39.4% of the votes.