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 is Václav Pláteník.[1]

Young Populars
Mladí lidovci
ChairpersonVáclav Pláteník
Founded2012 (2012)
HeadquartersPalác Charitas, Karlovo náměstí 5, Prague
IdeologyChristian democracy
ColoursYellow and Blue
Mother partyKDU-ČSL
European affiliationYouth of the European People's Party (YEPP) (observer)
Websitewww.mladilidovci.cz

Young Populars builds on continuity of historical Youth of the Czechoslovak People's Party existed in 1920's to 1940's.

List of Chairmans
  • Petr Hladík, 2012–2015
  • Vladimír Hanáček, 2015–2017
  • Filip Chvátal, 2017–2019
  • Václav Pláteník, 2019-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 nationalwide 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]

Motto

English: We make the world better place

Czech: Měníme svět k lepšímu

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References
  1. Board members 2018
  2. Ball of the YPP
  3. Conference for young people
  4. Summer Camp 2018


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