The Christian Democratic Youth Appeal (

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: Christen-Democratische Jongeren Appèl), officially abbreviated as CDJA, is the youth organisation of the political party

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in the

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. It came about via the merging of the political youth organisations ARJOS, CHJO and the KVP-jongerenorganisatie. The organisation is affiliated with

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locally, nationally and internationally. Throughout the Netherlands there are about fifty divisions active of the CDJA. These organisations are primarily concerned with provincial and local politics. The CDJA is involved not only with politics, but also is involved in programmes to increase mutual awareness and connectedness of CDJA youth throughout the organisation. In addition, it offers training and education to young people. While the CDJA is officially independent of the CDA, they do work closely together. While they share the same values, they can differ on opinion on subjects.

Ideology

Like the CDA the CDJA is a political organization that belongs to the

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movement. This political movement based on the ideas of the Christian Democracy . This viewpoint includes: public justice, spread responsibility, solidarity and stewardship. Together with the CDA the CDJA see these as essential in politics and society.

International

The CDJA is a member of

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, the youth organization of the

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. In addition, the CDJA active in organizations such as the YIMD that encourages multi-party democracy in developing countries in

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Chairperson

Former members

A number of prominent politicians have been former members, they include: *

Maxime Verhagen Maxime Jacques Marcel Verhagen (; born 14 September 1956) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and historian. Verhagen studied Contemporary history at the Leiden University obtaining a Master of Arts degre ...

Jan Kees de Jager Jan Cornelis "Jan Kees" de Jager (born 10 February 1969) is a former Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. He was State Secretary for Finance between 2007 and 2010 and later Minister for Finance betwe ...

* Jack de Vries *

Wim van de Camp Wilhelmus Johannes Gerardus Maria "Wim" van de Camp (born 27 July 1953) is a Dutch politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) between 2009 and 2019. He was the leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) delegation, p ...

Corien Wortmann C.M. (Corien) Wortmann-Kool (born 27 June 1959 in Oud-Alblas) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl) who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2014. She has a background in ...

Ad Koppejan Adriaan Jacobus (Ad) Koppejan (born 2 October 1962, in Zoutelande) is a former Dutch politician. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl) he was an MP from 30 November 2006 to 19 September 2012. He focused on ...

Mirjam Sterk Willemina Roziena Catharina (Mirjam) Sterk (born 23 May 1973 in Zeist) is a Dutch former politician, civil servant, NH editor as well as educator. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl) she was an MP from ...

References

External links

CDJA
Christian Democratic Appeal Youth wings of political parties in the Netherlands {{Poli-org-stub