Young Left (Norway)
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Unge Venstre (Young Left) is the youth league of the Norwegian political party Venstre. UV was founded January 27 1909, with Anders Kirkhusmo as the first president. The current (2005) president is Lars-Henrik Michelsen, since 2003.
Unge Venstre is independent of Venstre but co-operates closely with them, for example the leader of Unge Venstre is automatically a member of the central governing body (Sentralstyret) of Venstre. Venstre and Unge Venstre have different opinions on some matters, most prominently in that Unge Venstre supports Norwegian entry into the European Union while Venstre opposes this.
In English the name "Unge Venstre" literally means 'Young Left'. Since Unge Venstre are not socialists, but in fact liberals, the name "Young Liberals of Norway" is used internationally. The name Venstre (left) is used due to historic reasons, not ideologic reasons. A proposal to change the name of Unge Venstre to Liberal Youth was turned down at the national convention in Voss in 2004.
Unge Venstre is a member of the international liberal youth organizations LYMEC (European Liberal Youth) and International Federation of Liberal & Radical Youth (IFLRY). They co-operate especially with the Serbian liberal youth party GOS, and Mladi Liberali in Bosnia and Hercegovina.
Leaders of Unge Venstre
- 2003- Lars-Henrik Michelsen
- 2001-2003 Monica Tjelmeland
- 1998-2001 Jennie Johnsen
- 1997-1998 Sverre Molandsveen
- 1994-1997 Helge Solum Larsen
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