Democrat Youth Community of Europe
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The Democrat Youth Community of Europe (DEMYC) is an umbrella organisation of the youth wings of conservative and christian democratic parties of Europe.
The organisation was founded as the Conservative and Christian Democratic Youth Community of Europe (COCDYC) in May 1964 by the conservative and christian democratic youth organisations from Austria, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The current name was adopted at the conference in Manchester in October 1975, to allow for a broader ideological spectrum.
In 1973 DEMYC was granted a consultative status at the Council of Europe and since then represented its member organisations in the activities of the European Youth Centre and the European Youth Foundation. DEMYC is a full member of the European Youth Forum.
[edit] List of chairpersons
- John MacGregor (Great Britain), 1964–1966
- Dietrich Rollmann (Germany), 1966–1968
- Ragnvald Dahl (Norway), 1968–1970
- Alan Haselhurst (Great Britain), 1970–1972
- Volker Rühe (Germany), 1972–1974
- Per Unckel (Sweden), 1974–1977
- Tony Kerpel (Great Britain), 1977–1979
- Elmar Brok (Germany), 1979–1981
- Gunnar Hökmark (Sweden), 1981–1983
- Robert Miller-Bakewell (Great Britain), 1983–1985
- Alexander Demblin (Austria), 1985–1987
- Neale Stevenson (Great Britain), 1987–1991
- Klaus Welle (Germany), 1991–1995
- Fredrik Reinfeldt (Sweden), 1995–1997
- Stavros Papastavrou (Greece), 1997–2001
- Meinhard Friedl (Austria), 2001–2006
- Ines Elise Prainsack (Austria), 2006–
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Democrat Youth Community of Europe – official website
- The Only Constant is Change: DEMYC - 40th Anniversary – history book
