Left Youth (Finland)

The Left Youth (Vasemmistonuoret in Finnish, Vänsterunga in Swedish) is a political youth organization in Finland. It is considered the youth wing of the Left Alliance, but it is not officially affiliated with the party - members of the Left Youth are not automatically members of the Left Alliance.

The Left Youth
Vasemmistonuoret
ChairpersonPinja Vuorinen
Founded1944 (1944)
HeadquartersHelsinki, Finland
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Eco-socialism
Feminism
Mother partyLeft Alliance
MagazineLibero
Websitevasemmistonuoret.fi

The organization was founded in 1944. Until 1998, it was known as the Finnish Democratic Youth League (SDNL, Suomen demokraattinen nuorisoliitto) and until 1990 it served as the youth organization of the now-defunct Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL). SDNL was a founding member of World Federation of Democratic Youth, but its main international frame used to be the European Network of Democratic Young Left until its dissolution.[1]

Chairpersons

  • Pinja Vuorinen 2022
  • Liban Sheikh 2020–2021
  • Hanna-Marilla Zidan 2017–2019
  • Anni Ahlakorpi 2015–2017
  • Li Andersson 20112015
  • Dan Koivulaakso 20092011
  • Jussi Saramo 20052009
  • Paavo Arhinmäki 20012005
  • Sanna-Kaisa Cortés Téllez 19972001
  • Marjo Katajisto 19951997
  • Marko Autio 19911995
  • Leena Ruotsalainen 19871991
  • Rauno Merisaari 19851988

References

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