The International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) is an international liberal youth organization. It consists of a global membership of national youth organizations. These are often but not exclusively affiliated with political parties that are members of Liberal International.
IFLRY continues the tradition of two predecessors. The first was the World Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (WFLRY), founded in 1947. WFLRY was also a global organization but most members were active in Europe. This led in 1969 to the separate forming of the European Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (EFLRY). WFLRY was dissolved in 1978, and EFLRY renamed itself IFLRY, the International Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth. In 2001 the organization was renamed into IFLRY - International Federation of Liberal Youth.
Full members status is held to Liberal International and the European Youth Forum (YFJ) which operates within the Council of Europe and European Union areas and works closely with both these bodies.
Currently the presidency of IFLRY is held by Thomas Leys of L². The rest of the Bureau includes Naomi Ichihara Røkkum (NUV, Norway), Secretary General; João Victor Guedes (Juventude Democratas, Brazil), Treasurer; and four vice-presidents: Mateusz Trybowski (YLC, Canada), Rabih Fakhreddine (Future Youth, Lebanon), Christian Peter Dragsdahl Schmidt-Sørensen (Radikal Ungdom, Denmark), Stanislav Anastassov (Youth Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Bulgaria) and regional bureau member Ivo Thijssen (LYMEC, Europe).
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