The Youth of the Croatian Democratic Union , abbreviated to MHDZ, is the youth organisation of the Croatian Democratic Union

Croatian Democratic Union

The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...

. To be a member, one has to be between 16 and 30 years old. The MHDZ was founded on 13th September 1990.

International relations

The MHDZ is member of the Youth of the European People's Party

Youth of the European People's Party

Youth of the European People's Party is an umbrella organization of European political youth organisations and is the official youth wing of the European People's Party. YEPP bring together over 54 Centre-Right youth political organisations from over 35 countries all over Europe...

 (YEPP), a European umbrella organisation of Christian democratic

Christian Democracy

Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching...

 and conservative

Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...

 youth organisations of Europe, the Democrat Youth Community of Europe

Democrat Youth Community of Europe

The Democrat Youth Community of Europe is an umbrella organisation of the youth wings of conservative and Christian democratic parties of Europe....

 (DEMYC) and the international umbrella organisation International Young Democrat Union

International Young Democrat Union

The International Young Democrat Union is an international grouping of centre-right political youth organisations, encompassing conservative, classical liberal, and Christian democratic traditions. It is the youth wing of the International Democrat Union , which brings together centre-right...

(IYDU).

Chairpersons

• Mario Kapulica (1990-1998), MP 1995-1999
• Krunoslav Gašparić (1998-2001 & 19 days in 2002), MP 2000-2003
• Tonči Zoričić (2001-2002)
• Margareta Mađerić (2002-2007)
• Mislav Banek (2007-)