Social Democratic Youth (Portugal)

Youth organisation of the Social Democratic Party of Portugal

Social Democratic Youth

Juventude Social Democrata

President| João Pedro Louro
Founded| 1974 (1974)
Headquarters| Lisbon, Portugal
Ideology| Liberal conservatism[1]
Christian democracy[2]
Mother party| Social Democratic Party
International affiliation| Youth of the Centrist Democrat International
European affiliation| Youth of the European People's Party
Website| www.jsd.pt

Social Democratic Youth (Portuguese: Juventude Social Democrata) is the youth organisation of the Social Democratic Party of Portugal and it is commonly known by its initials, JSD. Founded by Francisco Sá Carneiro, the JSD has become an essential basis of the PSD itself. Its activity is recognized in election campaigns, with a crucial position in terms of mobilization and as a "laboratory of ideas of the party". While defending the values affirmed by the Social Democratic Party, the JSD is a structure with its own identity and, therefore, works in an autonomous manner in respect to the party.

Nowadays, the JSD has mainly based his political activity in areas such as education, entrepreneurship, employment, housing, environment, addiction and childhood obesity. In addition to this, the JSD defends a constitutional review of the Portuguese Constitution, and advocates European integration, employment, culture and environment, generational issues in which the JSD focuses its intervention.

## List of presidents

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No.  | Name  | Start  | End  | President of PSD

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1  | António Rebelo de Sousa | May 1975  | December 1978  |  | Francisco Sá Carneiro
| António Sousa Franco
| José Menéres Pimentel
| Francisco Sá Carneiro
2  | António Lacerda de Queiroz | December 1978  | November 1982  |
| Francisco Pinto Balsemão
3  | Pedro Augusto Cunha Pinto | November 1982  | October 1986  |
| Nuno Rodrigues dos Santos
| Carlos Mota Pinto
| Rui Machete
| Aníbal Cavaco Silva
4  | Carlos Coelho | October 1986  | March 1990  |
5  | Pedro Passos Coelho | March 1990  | December 1995  |
| Fernando Nogueira
6  | Jorge Moreira da Silva | December 1995  | September 1998  |
| Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
7  | Pedro Duarte | September 1998  | September 2002  |
| José Durão Barroso
8  | Jorge Nuno de Sá | September 2002  | March 2005  |
| Pedro Santana Lopes
9  | Daniel Fangueiro | March 2005  | April 2007  |
| Luís Marques Mendes
10  | Pedro Rodrigues | April 2007  | November 2010  |
| Luís Filipe Menezes
| Manuela Ferreira Leite
| Pedro Passos Coelho
11  | Duarte Marques | November 2010  | December 2012  |
12  | Hugo Soares | December 2012  | December 2014  |
13  | Simão Ribeiro | December 2014  | April 2018  |
14  | Margarida Balseiro Lopes | April 2018  | July 2020  |
| Rui Rio
15  | Alexandre Poço | July 2020  | June 2024  |
| Luís Montenegro
16  | João Pedro Louro | June 2024  | present |

## External links

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* Official homepage of JSD

## References

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1. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Portugal". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
2. ^ Hloušek, Vít; Kopeček, Lubomír (2010). "The Liberals; Or, the Curse of the Political Center". Origin, Ideology and Transformation of Political Parties: East-Central and Western Europe Compared. Ashgate Publishing. p. 110\. ISBN 9780754678403.

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