The Christian Democracy Youth Movement () was the youth wing of the

Christian Democracy Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics. Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well ...

History

It was founded in 1944 and its first secretary ("delegate of the Youth Movement") was Giulio Andreotti. The first congress was held in January 1947 in Assisi where Andreotti was confirmed. In 1951 the V Congress of the Youth Movement was won by the Dossetti'a faction. The last secretary was Francesco Sanna, elected in the eighteenth and last national congress, which took place in Montecatini, between 17 and 20 December 1992. At the National Constituent Assembly of

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in July 1993, the Youth Movement of DC was renamed Young Populars ().Il Movimento giovanile Dc si denomina Giovani Popolari - Cronologia - Eventi storici e tesi di laurea
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1944 establishments in Italy 1993 disestablishments in Italy Youth wings of political parties in Italy {{Italy-poli-stub