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
Websitewww.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.

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[edit]

  • Inka Goos-Richter (1987–89)
  • Peter Kuhlmeier (1989)
  • Lukas Werner (1989–91)
  • Beate Engelhardt (1991–92)
  • Christian Etzrodt (1992)
  • Bernd-Alfred Bartels (1992–94)
  • Knut Wuhler (1994–95)
  • Carl Sonnenschein (1995–96)
  • Gunnar Pietsch (1996–97)
  • Britta Paulekat (1997–1998)
  • Sandra von Münster (1998–2000)
  • Raoul Michael Koether (2000–02)
  • Marcel Luthe (2002–04)
  • Martin Hörig (2004–06)
  • Götz Galuba (2006–07)
  • Daniel George (2007–09)
  • Johannes Knewitz (2009–11)
  • Kristina Kämpfer (2011-12)
  • Josephine Dietzsch (2012-2014)
  • Julia Buschhorn (2014-2015)
  • Sascha Lucas (2015-2015)
  • Alexander Schopf (2015-2016)
  • Johannes Dallheimer (2016-2019)
  • Lukas Tiltmann (2019-2020)
  • Tabea Gandelheidt (2020-2022)
  • Benjamin Kurtz (2022-2024)
  • Jan-Lukas Gescher (since January 2024)

References[edit]

  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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