International Union of Socialist Youth
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The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) encompasses socialist
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...

, social democratic and Labour Party youth organizations from more than 100 states of the world. IUSY is a member of the Socialist International
Socialist International
The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :...

.

Full members status is held to the European Youth Forum
European Youth Forum
The European Youth Forum is the platform of the national youth councils and international non-governmental youth organisations in Europe...

 (YFJ) which operates within the Council of Europe
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation...

 and European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 areas and works closely with both these bodies.

The President of IUSY is Viviana Piñeiro, from Juventud Socialista del Uruguay and the Socialist Party of Uruguay
Socialist Party of Uruguay
The Socialist Party of Uruguay is an Uruguayan political party founded in 1910. Its main leader and spokesman was Dr Emilio Frugoni, the most prominent advocate of socialist ideas in Uruguay....


History

The International Union of Socialist Youth Organisations was founded in 1907 in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

. Its first president was Karl Liebknecht
Karl Liebknecht
was a German socialist and a co-founder with Rosa Luxemburg of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany. He is best known for his opposition to World War I in the Reichstag and his role in the Spartacist uprising of 1919...

.

After the First World War
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 the split in the workers' movement was also a split of the youth organisations. In 1919 the International Union of Socialist Youth Organizations was reconstructed as the Communist Youth International in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

. Two other organisations were founded in 1921, the International Community of Socialist Youth Organisations
International Community of Socialist Youth Organisations
International Community of Socialist Youth Organisations was an international union of socialist youth organizations. It was founded in February 1921. It functioned as the youth wing of the International Working Union of Socialist Parties...

 and the Working Youth International, merged as Socialist Youth International
Socialist Youth International
Socialist Youth International was an international union of socialist youth organisations. It was founded in Hamburg 1923, through the merger of the Young Workers' International and the International Community of Socialist Youth Organisations...

 in 1923 in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

.

After the Second World War, IUSY was founded on 30 September 1946 in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

.

About IUSY

IUSY is led by its Presidium that is elected at the World Congress with representatives from all over the world.
President
Viviana Piñeiro, JSU, Uruguay
Secretary General
Johan Hassel, SSU, Sweden
Vice Presidents
Beatriz Talegón, JSE, Spain
Cordula Drautz, JUSOS, Germany
Daniel Manouchehri, JS, Chile
Dimitri Tskitishvili, YSG, Georgia
Federica Mariotti, SG, Italy
Francisco Crespo, JID, Ecuador
Ismail Somad, Fateh Youth Organization, Palestine
Judicael Biaou, J PSD, Benin
Maayan Amodai, Labour Young Leadership, Israel
Marie Chris Cabreros, Akbayan Youth, Philippines
Nela Celik, DY, Serbia
Pavel Melendez, JPRD, Mexico
Silje Rygland, AUF, Norway
Vaclav Klusak, MSD, Czech Rep.
Viviana Pineiro, JSU, Uruguay
Vuyiswa Tulelo, ANC Youth League, South Africa
Wellington Arnaud, JR, Dominican Rep.
Working Group Coordinators
LGBT: LGBT Committee, NZ Young Labour, New Zealand
Feminist: Zita Schellekens, JS in de PvDA, Netherlands
Students: Christos Myronidis, PASOK Youth, Greece
GPYF and Social Movements: Guillaume Renaud, MJS, France
Control Commission President
Svenja Matusall, SJD-Die Falken, Germany
Permanent Invited
ECOSY President/Secretary General
ICFTU YO Secretary General
IFM-SEI International Falcon Movement - Socialist Education International

Africa

— Youth of the Front of Socialist Forces (Jeunesse du Front des Forces Socialistes) — Youth of MPLA
Youth of MPLA
The Youth of MPLA is a major mass organization within the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Party of Labour, along with the Organização da Mulher Angolana , União Nacional dos Trabalhadores Angolanos and the Organização dos Pioneiros de Agostinho Neto...

 (Juventude do Partido - MPLA) — Botswana National Front Youth League — Social Democratic Front - Youth — Youth of PAICV
Youth of PAICV
Youth of PAICV is the youth organisation of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde.- History :The organisation was founded on September 12, 1974 as African Youth Amílcar Cabral as the youth organisation for the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, which...

 (Juventude do Partido Africano da Independencia de Cabo Verde) — Youth of the Ivorian Popular Front (Jeunesse du Front Populaire Ivoirien) — Joseph Rendjambe Youth League (Union des Jeunesses Joseph Rendjambe) — Youth of the United Democratic Party — Youth of ADEMA/PASJ (Jeunesse ADEMA/P.A.S.J.) — Ittihadia Youth (Jeunesse Ittihadia) — FRELIMO-Youth (OJM)] — Youth Organization of Taraya (Organisation de Jeunesse du Taraya) — National Movement of Socialist Youth (Mouvement National des Jeunesses Socialistes) — African National Congress Youth League
African National Congress Youth League
The African National Congress Youth League is the youth wing of the African National Congress.-Foundation:Its foundation in 1944 by Nick Gombart, Ashley Peter Mda, Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo marked the rise of a new generation of leadership of South Africa's black African...

 — Swaziland Youth Congress - UJSARIO (Unión de Juventud de Saguia el Hamra y Río de Oro)

Asia

— Youth Organisation of Bhutan — Rashtra Seva Dal — Yuva Janata Dal (Secular) — Young Guard of the Labour Party (Mishmeret Tse'irah shel Mifleget Ha'Avoda)Young Meretz-Yachad
Young Meretz-Yachad
Young Meretz-Yachad is the youth wing of the Israeli political party Meretz-Yachad. All members of Meretz-Yachad aged 18-35 are automatically members of YMY. Additionally, YMY activates student groups in university and college campuses throughout Israel, where the activists are not necessarily...

 (Tse'irei Meretz-Yahad) — Social Democratic Party of Japan - Youth Bureau — Young Japanese Socialists Kurdistan — Democratic youth union of Iranian Kurdistan (lawan) — Progressive Youth Organisation — Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth — Mongolian Democratic Socialist Youth Union — Nepal Students Union — Nepal Tarun Dal
Nepal Tarun Dal
Nepal Tarun Dal is the youth wing of Nepali Congress Party. The organization is one of the most influential youth organizations in Nepal with working level committee in all districts. The organization has a publication by the name of Tarun....

 — Fatah Youth (Shabibet Fateh)Akbayan Youth
Akbayan Youth
Akbayan! Youth , or A!Y is a democratic socialist youth formation in the Philippines. It is the youth wing of Akbayan Citizens' Action Party, a progressive and democratically left political party....

 — Young Progressives for Social Democracy Movement, Thailand-YPD

Europe

— Forum Eurosocialist Youth of Albania (Forumi i Rinisë Eurosocialiste të Shqipërisë) — Social Democratic Youth of Albania (Rinisë Socialdemokrate)Armenian Youth Federation — Socialist Youth Austria
Socialist Youth Austria
The Socialist Youth Austria is a socialist youth organisation in Austria. While not part of the Social Democratic Party of Austria there is a close relationship between the two organisations.The SJÖ is member of the ECOSY and the IUSY.-External links:...

 (Sozialistische Jugend Österreichs)Socialist Students of Austria
Socialist Students of Austria
The Socialist Students of Austria is a socialist and social democratic student organization at Austrian universities.- History :The preliminary organization of the VSStÖ was formed in 1893 in Vienna. In the beginning, it was more a student debate club that was sympathetic to young workers and the...

 (Verband Sozialistischer StudentInnen Österreichs) — Social Democratic Youth Organisation of Azerbaijan — SDY Assembly Youth (MSD Maladaja Hramada)Animo
Animo (organization)
Animo is an independent social democratic youth organization in the Flemish in Belgium and is loosely connected to the Flemish social democratic party Socialistische Partij Anders .- History :...

 — Young Socialists Movement (Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes) — Youth Forum SDP BiH (Forum mladih SDP BiH) — Bulgarian Socialist Youth (Balgarska Socialističeska Mladezhka) — European Left Youth Alternative (Evropejska Ljava Mladezhka Alternativa) — Youth Forum SDP (Forum mladih SDP) — Social Democratic Student Union - SSU (Socijaldemokratska studentska unija Hrvatske)Social Democratic Youth
Social Democratic Youth
The Social Democratic Youth is a youth organization in the Social Democratic Union . It is member of IUSY and ECOSY....

 Neolea Sosialdimokraton — Young Social Democrats (Czech Republic) (Mladí Sociální Demokraté)Social Democratic Youth of Denmark
Social Democratic Youth of Denmark
The Danmarks Socialdemokratiske Ungdom is the youth organisation of the Danish Social Democrats.- History :The Social Democratic Youth movement of Denmark was established in 1920 after a break-up of the former youth organisation, the Social Democratic Youth League...

 (Danmarks Socialdemokratiske Ungdom)Young Social Democrats
Young Social Democrats (Estonia)
Young Social Democrats is the youth wing organisation of the Estonian Social Democratic Party. It is a member of IUSY since 1996 and a member of ECOSY since 2001.The current president is Lauri Läänemets, since 2011.-History:...

 (Noored Sotsiaaldemokraadid)Socialist Youth
Socialist Youth (Faroe Islands)
The Socialist Youth is the youth organization of the social democratic Faroese party Javnaðarflokkurin.- External links :*...

 (Sosialistiskt Ungmannafelag)Social Democratic Students
Social Democratic Students (Finland)
Social Democratic Students is the student organisation of the Social Democratic Party of Finland....

 (Sosialdemokraattiset Opiskelijat)Social Democratic Youth
Social Democratic Youth (Finland)
The Social Democratic Youth is the youth organisation of Social Democratic Party of Finland. The organisation currently claims 10 000 members. In the 1970s they had 40 000 members....

  (Sosialdemokraattiset Nuoret) — Young Socialists Movement (Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes)Young Socialists in the SPD
Young Socialists in the SPD
Young Socialists in the SPD is the youth organization of the Social Democratic Party of Germany .The Jusos see themselves as a socialist and feminist association within the SPD. Generally more left-wing in their approach to current events than their mother party, Jusos tend to criticize leading...

 (Jusos in der SPD) — Socialist Youth of Germany – Falcons (Sozialistische Jugend Deutschlands - Die Falken) — Young Socialists of Georgia — PASOK Youth
PASOK Youth
PASOK Youth is the youth organization of the Greek Panhellenic Socialist Movement|PASOK].- External links :*...

 (Neolaia PASOK) — Siumut Youth — Societas - New Movement (Societas - Új Mozgalom) — Social Democratic Youth League (Szociáldemokrata Ifjúsági Mozgalom) — Social Democratic Youth of Iceland (Ungir Jafnaðarmenn)Labour Youth
Labour Youth
Labour Youth is the youth wing of the Labour Party of Ireland. Anyone under the age of 27 is eligible to join Labour Youth....

 — Young Socialists Federation (Federazione dei Giovani Socialisti) — Social Democratic Youth Union (Jaunatnes Sociāldemokrātiskā Savienība) — Lithuanian Social Democratic Youth Union (Lietuvos socialdemokratinio jaunimo sąjunga) — Luxembourgese Socialist Youth (Jeunesses Socialistes Luxembourgeoises) — Social Democratic Youth of Macedonia (Socijaldemokratskata mladina na Makedonija) — Labour Youth Forum — Democratic Youth — Young Socialists in the PvdA
Jonge Socialisten
The Dutch Young Socialists within the PvdA is the youth section of the Dutch social democratic party Partij van de Arbeid .JS used to be a democratic socialist organisation that promotes the full participation of young people in society. Since 2007 however, the JS is no longer a democratic...

 (Jonge Socialisten in de PvdA)Workers' Youth League
Workers' Youth League (Norway)
The Workers' Youth League is Norways biggest political youth organization, and is affiliated with the Norwegian Labour Party.AUF took its current form in April 1927, following the merger of Left Communist Youth League and Socialist Youth League of Norway corresponding with the merger of its...

 (Arbeidernes ungdomsfylking) — Social Democratic Youth Federation (Federacji Młodych Socjaldemorkatów) — Union of Labour Youth Federation (Federacja Młodych Unii Pracy)Socialist Youth
Socialist Youth (Portugal)
Socialist Youth is the youth organisation of the Portuguese socialist party Partido Socialista.-List of General Secretaries:*1975-1978 - Arons de Carvalho*1978-1981 - José Leitão*1981-1984 - Margarida Marques*1984-1990 - José Apolinário...

 (Juventude Socialista)Social Democratic Youth
Social Democratic Youth (Romania)
The Social Democratic Youth is the youth organisation of the Romanian social democratic party Partidul Social Democrat .-External links:*...

 (Tineretul Social Democrat) — Youth Organisation of Democratic Party (Organizatia de Tineret a Partidului Democrat) — Area Socialist Youth of San Marino (Area Giovani Socialisti Sammarinesi)Democratic Youth
Democratic Youth (Serbia)
Democratic Youth is the youth organization of the Democratic Party .The Democratic Youth is an organization of young members of the Democratic Party up to 30 years old...

 (Demokratska omladina)Social Democratic Youth
Social Democratic Youth
The Social Democratic Youth is a youth organization in the Social Democratic Union . It is member of IUSY and ECOSY....

 (Socijaldemokratska omladina)Young Social Democrats (Slovakia)
Young Social Democrats (Slovakia)
Young Social Democrats is a social democratic youth organization in Slovakia.- History :MSD was founded in 2002 from the merger of Social Democratic Youth of Slovakia and Young Democratic Left...

 (Mladí sociálni demokrati) — Young Forum of Social Democrats (Mladi forum Socialnih Demokratov)Socialist Youth of Spain
Socialist Youth of Spain
Socialist Youth of Spain is the youth organisation of the Spanish social democratic party Partido Socialista Obrero Español .-External links:*...

 (Juventudes Socialistas de España) Catalonia — Socialist Youth of Catalonia (Joventut Socialista de Catalunya)Social Democratic Students of Sweden
Social Democratic Students of Sweden
The Social Democratic Students of Sweden is the student organization of the Swedish social democratic party Socialdemokraterna.Created again in 1990, the organisation today has about 1200 members spread out over the country, most of them being students at either universities or poly-technics...

 (Socialdemokratiska Studentförbundet) — Social Democratic Youth League of Sweden (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Ungdomsförbund)Young Socialists Switzerland
Young Socialists Switzerland
Young Social Democrats is a social democratic youth organization in Switzerland.- External links :Official homepage* *...

 (JungsozialistInnen Schweiz / Jeunesse socialiste suisse / Gioventù Socialista Svizzera)Labour Students
Labour Students
Labour Students is a student organisation affiliated to the British Labour Party.Membership comprises affiliated college and university clubs . Membership of Labour Students is through membership of a university or college Labour Club. Affiliation is open to any Labour Club generally supportive of...

 — Young Labour
Young Labour (United Kingdom)
Young Labour is the youth section of the British Labour Party. It is open to all Labour members between the ages of 15 and 26, and membership is automatic for those between 15 and 27 joining the Labour Party ....


North America

— League of Young Socialists of the Barbados Labour Party — New Democratic Youth of Canada — Liberationist Youth (Juventud Liberacionista) — New Antilles Movement
New Antilles Movement
Partido MAN is a political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles. MAN originally stood for Movementu Antia Nobo , but a party congress in 2005 decided to drop that meaning and let MAN be the name of the party in itself....

 (Movementu Antiyas Nobo) — Dominican Revolutionary Youth (Juventud Revolucionaria Dominicana) — Pinuist Youth (Juventud Pinuista) — People's National Party Youth Organisation — Democratic Youth, PRD (Juventud Demócrata, PRD)http://www.prd.org.mx — Sandinista Youth 19 July (Juventud Sandinista 19 de Julio) — PRD Youth Front (Frente de la Juventud del PRD) — PIP Youth (Juventud del PIP) — Young Democratic Socialists
Young Democratic Socialists
Young Democratic Socialists is a democratic socialist youth organization in the United States. It is the youth section of the Democratic Socialists of America, whose political outlook it shares, and the American affiliate of the International Union of Socialist Youth...


Oceania

Australian Young Labor
Australian Young Labor
Australian Young Labor is the youth wing of the Australian Labor Party. All ALP members aged under 26 are automatically members. Australian Young Labor is the peak youth body within the ALP. It represents about 9500 members in every state and territory in Australia...

 — New Zealand Young Labour
Young Labour (New Zealand)
Young Labour is an official sector of the New Zealand Labour Party. All New Zealand Labour Party members aged 15 to 25 are members of Young Labour.-Description:...

 — Fiji Labour Party - Youth

South America

— Franja Morada — Socialist Party Youth (Juventud Partido Socialista) — Radical Youth (Juventud Radical) — Youth of the Revolutionary Left Movement (Juventud del Movimiento de la Izquierda Revolucionaria) — Free Bolivia Movement Youth (Juventud Movimiento Bolivia Libre) — Socialist Youth-PDT (Juventude Socialista-PDT) — Youth of the Party for Democracy (Juventud del Partido por la Democracia) — Social Democratic Radical Youth of Chile (Juventud Radical Socialdemócrata de Chile) — Socialist Youth of Chile
Socialist Youth (Chile)
The Socialist Youth is a Chilean Youth Organization advocating socialism. Michelle Bachelet, Chile's former president, was a member of this organization.-External links:* *...

 (Juventud Socialista de Chile) — National Organisation of Liberal Youths (Organización Nacional de Juventudes Liberales) — Democratic Left Youth
Democratic Left Youth
Democratic Left Youth was the youth wing of the Democratic Left in Spain. JID existed at the time of the transition to democracy in 1977....

 (Juventud de Izquierda Democrática) — Febrerist Revolutionary Youth (Juventud Revolucionaria Febrerista) — Peruvian Aprista Youth
Juventud Aprista Peruana
Juventud Aprista Peruana is the youth organization of Partido Aprista Peruano in Peru. It is a member of the International Union of Socialist Youth. JAP used to be a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth. Many APRA Politician's have camed from CHAP at young age before going to JAP...

 (Juventud Aprista Peruana) — New Space Youth (Juventud Nuevo Espacio) — Socialist Youth of Uruguay (Juventud Socialista del Uruguay) — Youth of Democratic Action (Juventud de Acción Democrática)

Observers

— Youth of Frente Grande — Youth of Social Democratic Party (Jeunesse Parti Social Democrate) — ASD Youth (Jeunesse ASD) — SNSD Youth League — Youth of the Party for Democracy and Progress/Socialist Party (Jeunesse du Parti pour la Democratie et le Progresse/Parti Socialiste) — All Burma Students League
All Burma Students League
The All Burma Students League is a Burmese youth movement outlawed by the military junta, and is a participatory member of the International Union of Socialist Youth.-References:*...

 — Tibetan Youth Congress
Tibetan Youth Congress
The Tibetan Youth Congress is an international non-governmental organization that advocates the independence of Tibet from China. With around 30,000 members in the Tibetan diaspora, it is the largest of the pro-independence organizations of Tibetan exiles...

 — Youth of the Colombian Liberal Party
Colombian Liberal Party
The Colombian Liberal Party is a center-left party in Colombia that adheres to social democracy and social liberalism.The Party was founded in 1848 and, together with the Colombian Conservative Party, subsequently became one of the two main political forces in the country for over a century.After...

 — Working People's Alliance Youth — Democratic Movement of Cypriot Students (AGONAS) — Convergence for Social Democracy
Convergence for Social Democracy
Convergence for Social Democracy is the only major opposition party in Equatorial Guinea.The CPDS is headed by a President and a Secretary-General, who are currently Santiago Obama Ndong and Plácido Micó Abogo, respectively...

 (Convergencia para la Democracia Social) — National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students
National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students
The National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students is dedicated to improving the skills and awareness of Eritrean youth. The organization seeks to strengthen and improve the youth in all aspects on the regional, national and international levels....

 — African Youth Amilcar Cabral
African Youth Amílcar Cabral
African Youth Amílcar Cabral is the youth wing of PAIGC in Guinea-Bissau. JAAC was founded on September 12, 1974 in Boé....

 (Juventude Africana Amilcar Cabral) — Rally for Mali Youth League (Union de la Jeunesse Rassemblement Pour le Mali) — Social Democratic Youth Montenegro (Socijaldemokratska omladina Crne Gore)SDLP Youth
SDLP Youth
SDLP Youth is the youth group of the Northern Ireland political party the Social Democratic and Labour Party . It is organised throughout Northern Ireland and plays an active role within the SDLP at all levels of the organisation....

 — General Union of Palestine Students — Russian Social-Democratic Union of Youth
Russian Social-Democratic Union of Youth
Russian Social-Democratic Union of Youth is a Russian non-governmental organization founded in December 2000 with Mikhail Gorbachev’s support as a youth branch of the Russian United Social Democratic Party and a member of International Union of...

 (Rossijskij social-demokraticheskij sojuz molodjozhi) — Young Social Democrats of Russia (MSDR) — League of Social Democratic Youth of Vojvodina (Lige Socijaldemokratske Vojvođanske Omladine) — Young Democrats — Social Democratic Perspective — Union of Young Socialists (SMS) — Youth of the Movement towards Socialism (Juventud del Movimiento al Socialismo)

IUSY presidents

  • 1946 Bob Molenaar (Belgium
    Belgium
    Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

    )
  • 1948 Peter Strasser (Austria
    Austria
    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

    )
  • 1954 Nath Pai (India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    )
  • 1960 Kyi Nyunt (Burma)
  • 1966 Wilbert Perera (Ceylon)
  • 1969 Luis A. Carello (Argentina
    Argentina
    Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

    )
  • 1971 Raphael Albuquerque (Dominican Republic
    Dominican Republic
    The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

    )
  • 1973 Luis Ayala (Chile
    Chile
    Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

    )
  • 1975 Jerry Svensson (Sweden
    Sweden
    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

    )
  • 1977 Alejandro Montesino (Chile)
  • 1979 Hilary Barnard (United Kingdom
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

    )
  • 1981 Milton Colindres (El Salvador
    El Salvador
    El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

    )
  • 1983 Kirsten Jensen (Denmark
    Denmark
    Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

    )
  • 1985 Joan Calabuig (Spain
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

    )
  • 1989 Sven Eric Söder (Sweden)
  • 1991 Roger Hällhag (Sweden)
  • 1995 Nicola Zingaretti (Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

    )
  • 1997 Umberto Gentiloni (Italy)
  • 1999 Alvaro Elizalde (Chile)
  • 2004 Fikile Mbalula
    Fikile Mbalula
    Fikile Mbalula is the minister of sport in the Cabinet of South Africa, a former deputy minister of police, a member of the national executive committee of the African National Congress and former leader of the African National Congress Youth League.-Career:Mbalula was appointed deputy minister of...

     (South Africa
    South Africa
    The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

    )
  • 2008 Jacinda Ardern(New Zealand
    New Zealand
    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

    )

IUSY Secretaries General

  • 1946 Per Hækkerup
    Per Hækkerup
    Per Hækkerup was a Danish Social Democratic politician, who served as Foreign Minister of Denmark from 1962 to 1966....

     (Denmark
    Denmark
    Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

    )
  • 1954 Kurt Kristiansson (Sweden
    Sweden
    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

    )
  • 1960 Per Aasen (Norway
    Norway
    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

    )
  • 1963 Sture Ericson (Sweden)
  • 1966 Jan Hækkerup (Denmark)
  • 1969
  • 1971 Jerry Svensson (Sweden)
  • 1973 Johan Peanberg (Sweden)
  • 1975 Friedrich O.J. Roll (Germany
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

    )
  • 1977 Owe Fich (Denmark)
  • 1979 Jukka Oas (Finland
    Finland
    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

    )
  • 1981 Bengt Ohlsson (Sweden)
  • 1983 Robert Kredig (Germany)
  • 1985 Dirk Drijbooms (Belgium
    Belgium
    Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

    )
  • 1989 Ricard Torrell (Spain
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

    )
  • 1993 Alfredo Remo Lazzeretti (Argentina
    Argentina
    Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

    )
  • 1997 Lisa Pelling (Sweden
    Sweden
    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

    )
  • 2001 Enzo Amendola (Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

    )
  • 2006 Yvonne O'Callaghan (Ireland
    Ireland
    Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

    )
  • 2009 Johan Hassel (Sweden
    Sweden
    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

    )

IUSY Congresses

  • 1946 Paris
    Paris
    Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

  • 1948 Leuven
    Leuven
    Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...

  • 1951 Hamburg
    Hamburg
    -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

  • 1954 Copenhagen
    Copenhagen
    Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

  • 1957 Rome
    Rome
    Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

  • 1960 Vienna
    Vienna
    Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

  • 1963 Oslo
    Oslo
    Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

  • 1966 Vienna
  • 1969 Rome
  • 1971 London
    London
    London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

     (extraordinary)
  • 1973 Malta
    Malta
    Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

  • 1975 Brussels
    Brussels
    Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

  • 1977 Stuttgart
    Stuttgart
    Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

  • 1979 Frankfurt
    Frankfurt
    Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

  • 1981 Vienna
  • 1983 Jørlunde
    Jørlunde
    Jørlunde is a village with a population of 311 in North Zealand in Denmark.In the late Viking age and early medieval age, Jørlunde was the center of the Hvide clan. Jørlunde Church was erected by Skjalm Hvide around the year 1100....

     (Denmark
    Denmark
    Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

    )
  • 1985 Sevilla
  • 1987 Brussels
  • 1989 Bommersvik
    Bommersvik
    Bommersvik is a Union college built by the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League and is situated outside the municipality of Södertälje in Sweden. Parts of the college grounds encompass a conference centre and recreational facilities that are extensively used by social democratic organizations...

     (Sweden
    Sweden
    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

    )
  • 1991 Seč (Czechoslovakia
    Czechoslovakia
    Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

    )
  • 1993 Montevideo
    Montevideo
    Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

  • 1995 Modena
    Modena
    Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....

  • 1997 Lillehammer
    Lillehammer
    is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...

  • 1999 Hamburg
  • 2001 Johannesburg
    Johannesburg
    Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

  • 2004 Budapest
    Budapest
    Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

  • 2006 Esbjerg
    Esbjerg
    Esbjerg Municipality is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Johnny Søtrup, from the Venstre political party...

  • 2008 Santo Domingo
    Santo Domingo
    Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

  • 2010 Bommersvik
    Bommersvik
    Bommersvik is a Union college built by the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League and is situated outside the municipality of Södertälje in Sweden. Parts of the college grounds encompass a conference centre and recreational facilities that are extensively used by social democratic organizations...

     (Sweden
    Sweden
    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

    )

International Youth Meetings

The international youth meetings with up to 50,000 participants (1929 in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

) are an important tradition of socialist youth organisations. In 1952, IUSY reconvened this tradition with the first IUSY Camp in Vienna.
  • 1952 IUSY Camp Vienna
    Vienna
    Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

     (Austria
    Austria
    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

    )
  • 1954 IUSY Camp Liège (Belgium
    Belgium
    Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

    )
  • 1956 IUSY Camp Tampere
    Tampere
    Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

     (Finland
    Finland
    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

    )
  • 1959 IUSY Camp Berlin
    Berlin
    Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

     (Germany
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

    )
  • 1962 IUSY Camp Copenhagen
    Copenhagen
    Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

     (Denmark
    Denmark
    Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

    )
  • 1965 IUSY Camp Carmel
    Carmel
    Carmel in the Bible refers to two distinct places:* Mount Carmel, coastal mountain range in Israel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea* Carmel , an ancient Israelite town in Judea...

    (Israel
    Israel
    The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

    )
  • 1968 IUSY Camp Vierhouten (Netherlands
    Netherlands
    The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

    )
  • 1974 IUSY Camp Attersee
    Attersee (town)
    Attersee is a village located at the western shore of lake Attersee in Upper Austria, Austria.The village center lies between the lake and the slopes of the Buchberg and is the location of a Baroque pilgrimage church from which marvelous views across the lake and up to the "Höllengebirge" can be...

     (Austria
    Austria
    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

    )
  • 1977 Internationales Sozialistisches Jugendtreffen Stuttgart
    Stuttgart
    Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

     (Germany
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

    )
  • 1981 Internationales Sozialistisches Jugendtreffen Vienna (Austria
    Austria
    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

    )
  • 1985 IUSY Festival Luxembourg
    Luxembourg
    Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

     (Luxembourg
    Luxembourg
    Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

    )
  • 1987 IUSY Festival
    1987 IUSY Festival
    The 1987 IUSY Festival was organised by the International Union of Socialist Youth in Valencia, Spain in July of that year.The theme of the festival was the power of solidarity and notable events included speeches by the FSLN from Nicaragua and a tentative discussion between the Israeli Labor...

     Valencia
    Valencia (city in Spain)
    Valencia or València is the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain, with a population of 809,267 in 2010. It is the 15th-most populous municipality in the European Union...

     (Spain
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

    )
  • 1992 IUSY Festival Porto
    Porto
    Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

     (Portugal
    Portugal
    Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

    )
  • 1996 IUSY Festival Bonn
    Bonn
    Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....

     (Germany
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

    )
  • 2000 IUSY Festival Malmö
    Malmö
    Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

     (Sweden
    Sweden
    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

    )
  • 2003 IUSY Festival Kamena Vourla (Greece
    Greece
    Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

    )
  • 2006 IUSY Festival Alicante
    Alicante
    Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...

     (Spain
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

    )
  • 2007 IUSY 100 Celebration Berlin
    Berlin
    Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

     (Germany
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

    )
  • 2009 IUSY Festival Zánka
    Zánka
    Zánka is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary.-Etymology:Zan is an ancient Hungarian personal name, and the original name of the settlement. The diminutive suffix -ka was added later.- History :...

     (Hungary
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

    )
  • 2011 IUSY Festival Attersee
    Attersee (lake)
    Attersee is the largest lake of the Salzkammergut area of Austria. It extends for about 20 km from north to south and 4 km from east to west. Its water comes from the Seeache, which flows out of another lake, the Mondsee...

     (Austria
    Austria
    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

    )

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