Federal Association of Liberal Students Groups

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Federal Association of Liberal Students
FormationDecember 17, 1987;36 years ago (1987-12-17)
HeadquartersReinhardtstraße 14, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Location
Membership
49 groups (as of Jan. 2024)
Chairman
Jan-Lukas Gescher
Website www.liberale-hochschulgruppen.de

The Federal Association of Liberal Students Groups (German: Bundesverband Liberaler Hochschulgruppen; short: LHG) is a student association in the Federal Republic of Germany supporting liberal political issues.

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The LHG was established in 1987, by a combination of 40 student groups, as a successor association of several liberal student associations, including the center-left Social Liberal Student Association (SLH), the Young Liberals Student Association (JuLi-Hochschulgruppen), and the Liberal Students' Initiative (LSI).[ citation needed ]

The LHG is considered the first comprehensive federal association of liberal students in Germany since the breakup of the Liberal Students' Alliance (LSD), once associated with the FDP in 1969.[ citation needed ]

The LHG is a full member of the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC), which itself is tied to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party in the European Union. [1]

Consisting of currently 49 member groups, LHG is one of the largest German student association. [2] Since its January 2024 convention in Bonn, the federal chairman is Jan-Lukas Gescher. [3]

Former chairpersons

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References

  1. ↑ "Bundesverband Liberaler Hochschulgruppen at LYMEC".
  2. ↑ uniturm. "Politische Hochschulgruppen in Deutschland". www.uniturm.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  3. ↑ "Liberale Hochschulgruppen wählen neuen Bundesvorstand". liberale-hochschulgruppen.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
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