The National Forum ( ka, ეროვნული ფორუმი, ''erovnuli porumi'') is a political party in

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established on December 15, 2006 by the former diplomat Kakha Shartava. He is the son of

Zhiuli Shartava Zhiuli Shartava (; March 7, 1944 – September 27, 1993) was a Georgian politician and the Head of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia who was killed by Abkhaz militants during the ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Ab ...

, a Georgian politician in

Abkhazia Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...

, killed by the Abkhaz militias during the secessionist war in the region in 1993. Several veteran politicians such as Revaz Shavishvili, Irakli Melashvili and

Gubaz Sanikidze Gubaz Sanikidze ( Georgian: გუბაზ სანიკიძე; born on 2 February 1967) is a Georgian politician, currently serving as a member of the Parliament of Georgia from the United National Movement (UNM) since 2020. A career his ...

also joined the party.
Party political council of the organizational members are: Kakhaber Shartava, Gubaz Sanikidze, Revaz Shavishvili, Irakli Melashvili, Nodar Javakhishvili and Irakli Gobejishvili. A leading Party member was economic expert Niko Orvelashvili who died on 15 January 2010.
The party advocates a

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as a form of government in Georgia. Unlike most other Georgian political parties, it does not support Georgia’s aspiration to join

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, and argues Georgia should be a "neutral country."Tbilisi Sees Russia's Hands behind Anti-NATO Campaign in Georgia.
''The Georgian Times''. February 27, 2007. The National Forum was a member of the United Opposition alliance which staged mass anti-government demonstrations in November 2007 and ran on an opposition ticket in the

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in May 2008. For the 2012 elections it was part of the

Georgian Dream Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia ( ka, ქართული ოცნება – დემოკრატიული საქართველო, ''Kartuli ocneba – Demok’rat’iuli Sakartvelo'') is a social democratic political ...

alliance that won the election against United National Movement. On April 3, 2016 National Forum left coalition after party convention, majority of members voted to leave

. In 2017, Nation Forum, together with Davit Usupashvili and other former members of

Republican Party of Georgia The Republican Party of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს რესპუბლიკური პარტია, ''sakartvelos resp'ublik'uri part'ia''), commonly known as the Republicans (რესპუბლიკელებ� ...

found

Development Movement The Development Movement ( ka, შენების მოძრაობა) was a political movement in Georgia. It was founded by former speaker of Parliament of Georgia David Usupashvili and former members of Republican Party of Georgia and N ...

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