Social Democratic Youth (Portugal)
Youth organisation of the Social Democratic Party of Portugal
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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.
| Social Democratic Youth Juventude Social Democrata | |
|---|---|
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| President | João Pedro Luís |
| Founded | 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 |
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
| No. | Portrait | Name | Start | End | Leader of the PSD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | António Rebelo de Sousa (b. 1952) |
1 June 1975 | 3 December 1978 | Emídio Guerreiro | ||
| Francisco Sá Carneiro | ||||||
| António Sousa Franco | ||||||
| José Menéres Pimentel | ||||||
| Francisco Sá Carneiro | ||||||
| 2 | António Lacerda de Queiroz (b. 1953) |
3 December 1978 | 21 October 1982 | |||
| Francisco Pinto Balsemão | ||||||
| 3 |  |
Pedro Augusto Cunha Pinto (b. 1956) |
21 October 1982 | 5 November 1986 | ||
| Nuno Rodrigues dos Santos | ||||||
| Carlos Mota Pinto | ||||||
| Rui Machete | ||||||
| Aníbal Cavaco Silva | ||||||
| 4 |  |
Carlos Coelho (b. 1960) |
5 November 1986 | 11 March 1990 | ||
| 5 |  |
Pedro Passos Coelho (b. 1964) |
11 March 1990 | 17 December 1995 | ||
| Fernando Nogueira | ||||||
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Jorge Moreira da Silva (b. 1971) |
17 December 1995 | 5 September 1998 | ||
| Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | ||||||
| 7 |  |
Pedro Duarte (b. 1973) |
5 September 1998 | 29 September 2002 | ||
| José Durão Barroso | ||||||
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Jorge Nuno de Sá (b. 1977) |
29 September 2002 | 20 March 2005 | ||
| Pedro Santana Lopes | ||||||
| 9 | Daniel Fangueiro (b. 1979) |
20 March 2005 | 22 April 2007 | |||
| Luís Marques Mendes | ||||||
| 10 | Pedro Rodrigues (b. 1979) |
22 April 2007 | 28 November 2010 | |||
| Luís Filipe Menezes | ||||||
| Manuela Ferreira Leite | ||||||
| Pedro Passos Coelho | ||||||
| 11 |  |
Duarte Marques (b. 1981) |
28 November 2010 | 16 December 2012 | ||
| 12 |  |
Hugo Soares (b. 1983) |
16 December 2012 | 14 December 2014 | ||
| 13 | Simão Ribeiro (b. 1986) |
14 December 2014 | 15 April 2018 | |||
| 14 |  |
Margarida Balseiro Lopes (b. 1989) |
15 April 2018 | 26 July 2020 | Rui Rio | |
| 15 |  |
Alexandre Poço (b. 1992) |
26 July 2020 | 23 June 2024 | ||
| Luís Montenegro | ||||||
| 16 |  |
João Pedro Louro (b. 1994) |
23 June 2024 | 24 May 2026 | ||
| 17 | João Pedro Luís (b. 2002) |
24 May 2026 | Incumbent | |||
