Young Populars
Young Populars (Czech: Mladí lidovci, ML), or the Youth of the People's Party (YPP), 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. The chairman of the Young Populars is Radovan Gaudyn,[1] and the official slogan is "We make the world better place" (Czech: Měníme svět k lepšímu).
| Young Populars Mladí lidovci | |
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| Chairperson | Helena Martinková |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Palác Charitas, Karlovo náměstí 5, Prague |
| Ideology | Christian democracy |
| Colours | Yellow and Blue |
| Mother party | KDU-ČSL |
| European affiliation | Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP) |
| Website | www |
Young Populars builds on continuity of the historical Youth of the Czechoslovak People's Party which existed from the 1920s to the 1940s.
In June 2021, former organization Young Christian Democrats merged into Young Populars.
List of chairpersons
- 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 (2020–present)
YPP Chairman
- Václav Pláteník
YPP First Vice-Chairman for PR
- Helena Martinková
YPP Vice-Chairman for Foreign Affairs
- Barbora Paulová
YPP Vice-Chairman for the members
- Martin Polívka
YPP Vice-Chairman for Projects and Finance
- Martin Šablatura
Activities
The club is active all year round and offers a wide range of events from teambuilding meetings through balls,[2] trips, seminars, workshops, lectures, debates to nationwide conferences.[3] The main goal of all events is personal development of man. The most important events of the Young People's Clubs include the Summer Camp, which is held regularly every year.[4]