Young Conservatives (Czech Republic)

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Young Conservatives
Mladí konzervativci
ChairmanDavid Vančík
1st Vice ChairmanJiří Richter
SecretaryDamir Solak (foreign secretary)
Founded8 December 1991
Headquarters17. listopadu 1126/43, Olomouc
Membership700
IdeologyConservatism
Economic liberalism
Liberal conservatism
Euroscepticism
Colours  
Mother partyCivic Democratic Party
International affiliationInternational Young Democrat Union (IYDU)
European affiliationEuropean Young Conservatives (EYC)[1]
European Democrat Students (EDS)
Democrat Youth Community of Europe (DEMYC)
National affiliationCivic Democratic Party
Websitewww.konzervativci.cz

The Young Conservatives (Czech: Mladí konzervativci, MK CZ) is a right-wing political youth organisation in the Czech Republic. It is the youth wing of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), a centre-right political party, and shares that party's conservative and economically liberal ideology.

Young people within the age from 15 to 35 apply for a membership in the MK.[2] Several significant politicians from the ODS party started as members of Young Conservatives, including Jan Zahradil, Jiří Pospíšil, , Martin Baxa, Petr Gandalovič, Ivan Langer, , and .[3] Former Chairman of Young Conservatives Petr Mach went on to found a new right-wing political party, the Party of Free Citizens. Current Chairman of Young Conservatives is David Vančík, who is in the office since 2019.

History[]

The founding congress was held on 8 December 1991 as a result of previous preparations through Charter of Young Conservatives by a group of students at the University of Technology in Brno and Law Students' Association "Všehrd" from Faculty of Law at the Charles University. First Chairman of the Young Conservatives we elected .

Ideology[]

Original ideological course of the Young Conservatives was given by the Charter of Young Conservatives following basic conservative principles: Democracy, Nationhood, Rule of Law, Liberty, Free Market, Tradition, Private Ownership, Family and Morality. Through its history Young Conservatives were closely cooperating with the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). Organization defines its approach towards the European Union as Eurorealistic or Euroskeptic.

Activities[]

The Young Conservatives organize wide range of events from meetings with local or national politicians to elections campaigns and international events. The most significant events since 1991 are listed below:

Campaign in the Republic of Ireland for an Irish 'no' vote in the 2002 referendum on the Treaty of Nice.

Chairmen[]

Below are listed as follows Chairmen of the Young Conservatives.

Name Years
1st 1991 – 1993
2nd 1993 – 1997
3rd Petr Mach 1997
4th 1997 – 2001
5th 2001 – 2007
6th 2007 – 2008
7th 2008 – 2017
8th 2017 – 2019
9th 2019 –

International Affiliation[]

European Young Conservatives[]

European Democrat Students[]

International Young Democrat Union[]

Democrat Youth Community of Europe[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ "MEMBERSHIP". eycorganisation.com. European Young Conservatives. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Politické strany lákají nové členy různě. Zájem o vstup ale klesá". Czech Radio (in Czech). 9 September 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Šéf mladých konzervativců prý zbil řidiče". Lidové noviny (in Czech). 15 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.

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