| Young Socialists in the SPD JungsozialistInnen in der SPD |
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| Chairperson | Sascha Vogt |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Mother party | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| International affiliation | International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) |
| European affiliation | Ecosy |
| Website | jusos.de |
Young Socialists in the SPD (German: Jungsozialistinnen und Jungsozialisten in der SPD, Jusos) is the youth organization of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
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 politicians, whatever their affiliation. The chairman of the Jusos is currently Sascha Vogt.
Today nearly 70,000 people are listed as members of the Jusos, more than the entire current membership of the Free Democratic Party, the third largest political party in Germany.
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Every member of the SPD who is younger than 35 is automatically a member of the Jusos. Since 1994, people under 35 have also been able to be just a member of the Jusos. This membership is free, but ends after two 2-year period.
The Jusos were founded between 1918 and 1920, when groups of members of the SPD between 20 and 25 years met. In terms of figures the Jusos stayed insignificant, they had between 3,000 and 5,000 members. In the course of an internal controversy, they were dissolved in 1931.
In 1946, after the end of the Second World War, Jusos was refounded. In the first years, they were quite loyal to the Social Democratic Party.
In 1969 the Jusos turned left. On their Bundeskongress they decided to become a left political federation instead of being an obedient youth of the party. Since then, the Jusos see themselves as a socialist and feminist association within the SPD.
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