Junge Union

The Junge Union ( young union ) or JU is the youth organization common to the both German parties CDU and CSU. The president is Philipp Mißfelder. Junge Union counts approximately 130 000 members and is the largest political youth organization in Germany.

Presidents

Bruno Six (1947-1948)
Alfred Sagne R (1948-1949)
Josef Hermann Dufhues (1949-1950)
Ernst Majonica (1950-1955)
Gerhard Stoltenberg (1955-1961)
Bert Even (1961-1963)
Egon Klepsch (1963-1969)
Jürgen Echternach (1969-1973)
Matthias Wissmann (1973-1983)
Christoph Böhr (1983-1989)
Hermann Gröhe (1989-1994)
Klaus Escher (1994-1998)
Hildegard Müller (1998-2002)
Philipp Mißfelder (2002 -)

Current management

Ulf Thiele, secretary-general of CDU in Lower Saxony;
Hendrik Wüst, secretary-general of CDU in Rhineland-of-North-Westphalia;
Michael Kretschmer, secretary-general of CDU in Saxony;
Julia Klöckner, president-assistant of the CDU of the Land of the Rhineland-Palatinat.

Former members

Roland Koch, Minister-president of the Land of Hesse;
Helmut Kohl, federal chancellor of Germany of 1982 to 1998;
Günther Oettinger, minister-president of the Land of Bade-Wurtemberg;
Stefan Mappus, president of the CDU group at the Parliament of the Land of Bade-Wurtemberg;
Hans-Gert Pöttering, president of the the European Parliament and former president of the group EPP with the European Parliament;
Jürgen Rüttgers, minister-president of the Land of Rhineland-of-North-Westphalia;
Markus Söder, secretary-general of CSU;
Ole von Beust, first mayor of the free city and Hanseatic of Hamburg;
Christian Wulff, minister-president of the Land of Lower Saxony;
Theodor Waigel .

External bond

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