Young Populars

Youth of the People's Party (YPP, Czech: Mladí lidovci, ML), known also as the Young Populars (YP) is a political youth organisation in the Czech Republic for students and young people from 15 to 35 years of age and is the official youth wing of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party, often shortened to lidovci ('the populars'). YPP was founded in 2012 and has 420 members today. It is based on christian values. The chairwoman of the organisation is Helena Martinková,[1] and the official slogan is "We make the world a better place" (Czech: Měníme svět k lepšímu).

Young Populars
Mladí lidovci
LeaderHelena Martinková
Founded17 October 2012 (17 October 2012)
HeadquartersPalác Charitas, Karlovo náměstí 5, Prague
IdeologyChristian democracy
Conservatism
ColoursYellow and Blue
Mother partyKDU-ČSL
European affiliationYouth of the European People's Party (YEPP)
Websitewww.mladilidovci.cz

Youth of the People's Party builds on continuity of the historical organizations of the party such as Young Generation the Czechoslovak People's Party existed in 1927–1938 and Youth of the Czechoslovak People's Party existed in the 1945–1948.

In June 2021, former organisation Young Christian Democrats existed in 1998–2021 merged with the Youth of the People's Party and making it only youth wing of the party.

List of presidents
  • Petr Hladík, 2012–2015
  • Vladimír Hanáček, 2015–2017
  • Filip Chvátal, 2017–2019
  • Václav Pláteník, 2019–2021
  • Radovan Gaudyn, 2021–2022
  • Helena Martinková, 2022–present

Board members (2023–present)

YPP Chairwoman

  • Helena Martinková

YPP First Deputy Chairman for Projects and Finances

  • Jiří Baňka

YPP Deputy Chairwoman for Communication and PR

  • Anna Palánová

YPP Deputy Chairman for External Affairs & International Secretary

  • Vlastimil Stříbrný

YPP Deputy Chairman for Membership

  • Vojtěch Orlík

YPP Secretary General

  • Tomáš Konečný

Activities

The organisation is active all year round and offers a wide range of events from teambuilding meetings through balls,[2] trips, policy seminars, political workshops, lectures, debates to nationwide conferences.[3] The main goal of all events is personal development of man. The flagship event of the YPP is the Summer Camp, which is held regularly every year.[4]

References
  1. Board members 2018
  2. Ball of the YPP
  3. Conference for young people
  4. Summer Camp 2018
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