World Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth

World Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth
Founded 1947
Dissolved 1978
Succeeded by IFLRY
Headquarters London, United Kingdom

The World Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (WFLRY) was an international liberal youth organization. It had an global outreach, but consisted mainly of national youth organizations from Europe.

WFLRY was founded in 1947 in Cambridge, United Kingdom. In 1969 the organization was split, resulting in the separate forming of European Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (EFLRY). WFLRY was dissolved in 1978.[1]

Leadership of WFLRY

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Presidency

  • 1947-1951 Switzerland Raymond-Claude Foëx
  • 1958-1962 Denmark Niles Westerby
  • 1962-1964 Germany Barthold Witte
  • 1964-1966 Sweden Ingemund Hägg
  • 1966-1968 United Kingdom Jon Steel
  • 1968-1970 Sweden Margaretha Holmstedt
  • 1970-1973 Netherlands Jan Kees Wiebinga
  

Secretary Generals

  • 1958-1962 Belgium Jean-Jacques Rey
  • 1962-1964 Luxembourg Forberg
  • 1964-1966 Germany Gerhard Meyer
  • 1966-1967 Luxembourg Paul Wirtz
  • 1967-1968 Sweden Margaretha Holmstedt
  • 1968-1970 United Kingdom Peter Ellis Jones
  • 1970-1973 United Kingdom Tony Lambert

References

  1. ↑ "Our History", IFLRY. Retrieved on 20 May 2016.
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