Youth of the European People's Party

Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP) is an umbrella organization of European political youth organisations and is the official youth wing of the European People's Party. YEPP brings together 64 centre-right youth political organisations from 40 countries all over Europe. Founded in 1997 by the 2006–2014 Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt, YEPP has developed into the largest political youth organisation in Europe. Full members status is held to the European Youth Forum (YFJ) which operates within the Council of Europe and European Union areas and works closely with both these bodies (full members status to the European Youth Forum has also Democrat Youth Community of Europe, whose senior branch merged into the European People's Party in 2002). YEPP is also a full member of the Union of the Robert Schuman Institute for Developing Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. Every board is elected for two years. List of presidents Fredrik Reinfeldt (Sweden), 1997–1999 Michael Hahn (Germany), 1999–2001 Rutger-Jan Hebben (Netherlands), 2001–2003 Daniel Bautista (Spain), 2003–2005 David Hansen (Norway), 2005–2007 Ioannis Smyrlis (Greece), 2007–2009 Laurent Schouteten (France), 2009–2011 Csaba Dömötör (Hungary), 2011–2013 Konstantinos Kyranakis (Greece), 2013–2017 Andrianos Giannou (Romania), 2017–2018 Lídia Pereira (Portugal), 2018–Present Board members (2023-2025) YEPP President Lídia PEREIRA (JSD, Portugal) YEPP First Vice-president Sophia KIRCHER (Junge ÖVP, Austria) YEPP Secretary General Heidi HANHELA (KNL, Finland) YEPP Deputy Secretary General Vassilis SAKELLARIS (ONNED, Greece) YEPP Treasurer Adam BÁTOVSKÝ (KDMS, Slovakia) YEPP Vice-presidents Eoin SCARLETT (YFG, Ireland), Dora SZILAGYI (MIERT, Romania), Ola SVENNEBY (UHL, Norway), Severin HIRMER (JU, Germany), Edelmira FERRI HERNANDEZ (NNGG, Spain), Tea JERKOVIC (MHDZ, Croatia), Derek GROOT (CDJA, Netherlands), Oleksander AFANASIEV (BM, Ukraine) and Florian GASSER (JG SVP, Italy).