The Estonian Social Democratic Youth ( et, Noored Sotsiaaldemokraadid, colloquially ''Noorsotsid'') is the youth wing organisation of the
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
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Estonia
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. The organisation has been a member of the
International Union of Socialist Youth since 1996 and a member of the
Young European Socialists
Young European Socialists (YES), formerly the European Community Organisation of Socialist Youth (ECOSY), is an association of social democratic youth organisations in Europe and the European Union.
YES is the youth organisation of the Party ...
since 2001.
The current president is Õnne Paulus and the vice presidents are Robert Kiisler and Andreas Põšnograjev.
History
The party got its name on 3 May 2003. The former name was the Youth Moderates (''Noored Mõõdukad'') in 1998–2003 when the Estonian Social Democratic Youth Union (''Eesti Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Noorteliit'') and Young Centrists (''Noored Tsentristid'') united. Eesti Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Noorteliit was formed on 12 December 1992 as the youth wing of the Estonian Social Democratic Party. ''Noored Tsentristid'' was the youth wing of the Estonian Rural Centre Party (''Eesti Maa-Keskerakond''). In 2000, the youth wing of the Estonian People's Party (''Eesti Rahvaerakond'') called Vox was united with the Youth Moderates, since their mother parties had also united.
Presidents
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Ardo Ojasalu (1992–1994)
* Peep Peterson (1994–1998)
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Rene Tammist (1998–2001)
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Jarno Laur (2001–2003)
* Jörgen Siil (2003–2004)
* Randel Länts (2004–2005)
* Gerri Lesk (2005–2006)
* Vallo-Andreas Hallik (2006–2008)
* Kairit Kolsar (Pohla) (2008–2009)
* Heiki Järveveer (2009–2011)
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Lauri Läänemets
Lauri Läänemets (born 31 January 1983 in Tallinn) is an Estonian politician. He is currently Minister of Interior Affairs and was a member of XIV Riigikogu
XIV Riigikogu is the fourteenth and current legislature of Estonian Parliament (Riig ...
(2011-2013)
* Elis Tootsman (2013-2014)
* Karl Kirt (2014-2015)
* Maris Sild (2015-2016)
* Monika Maljukov (2016-2018)
* Joosep Vimm (2018-2020)
* Õnne Paulus (2020-2022)
* Eliis Lelov (2022-2022)
* Õnne Paulus (2022-...)
See also
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Politics of Estonia
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References
Youth wings of political parties in Estonia
Youth wings of social democratic parties
1992 establishments in Estonia
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