The Reformed Political Party Youth (), officially abbreviated as SGPJ or SGP-jongeren, is the

youth wing A youth wing is a subsidiary, autonomous, or independently allied front of a larger organization (usually a political party but occasionally another type of organization) that is formed in order to rally support for that organization from members ...

of the Dutch

Reformed Political Party The Reformed Political Party ( , SGP) is a conservative Reformed ChristianThese sources describe the SGP as a Calvinist (Reformed Christian) political party: * * * * political party in the Netherlands. The SGP is the oldest political party in the ...

, an orthodox

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political party. The SGPJ is officially independent and established as ''Landelijk Verband van Staatkundig Gereformeerde Studieverenigingen'' (LVSGS)Officially ''LVSGS/SGP-jongeren'' since 1986 and ''SGP-jongeren'' since 2000. in 1934 in

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and is with over 12,000 members in 2011 the largest political youth organization of the Netherlands. In 1987, women were allowed to become members and in 2007 a woman was elected for the first time to the board.

Magazines

The SGPJ publishes two magazines: *''Klik, SGP Jeugdblad'' ('Click, SGP youth magazine') for under sixteen youth *''In Contact, SGP Jongerenblad'' ('In Contact, SGP youth magazine')

Chairpersons

Chairpersons of the SGPJ: # D. Bogaard (1934–1938) # C. Meijer (1938–1946) # J.C. Hooykaas (1946–1947) # Pieter Jan Dorsman (1947–1971) # Gert van den Berg (1972–1986) #

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(1986–1991) #

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(1991–1999) #

Elbert Dijkgraaf Elbert Dijkgraaf (born 6 January 1970) is a Dutch economist and politician of the Reformed Political Party (SGP). He is professor at the Erasmus School of Economics where he holds the chair "Empirical economics of the public sector". He also is ...

(1999–2003) #

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(2006–2009) #

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(2009–2013) # Jan–Willem Kranendonk (2013–2016) #

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(2016–2019) #

Arie Rijneveld Arie is a masculine given name. As a Dutch name, Arie *Arie Altman (Plant Biology and AgBiotech) (born 1937), Israeli Professor of Agriculture * (1903–1982), Dutch composer *Arie van Beek (born 1951), Dutch music teacher and conductor *Arie Bies ...

(2019–2021) #

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(2021–2021) # Rody van Heijst (2021–2024) # Jelmer Kruidenier (2024-2024) # Johan Roodnat (2024-)

References

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SGPJ

External links

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Reformed Political Party Youth wings of political parties in the Netherlands {{Poli-org-stub