Junge Union - Definition

The Junge Union (Young Union) or JU is the common youth organisation of the two German political parties CDU and CSU. The Junge Union has about 130,000 members and is the biggest German political youth organisation.

Well-known former members of the Junge Union

• Helmut Kohl
• Theo Waigel
• Edmund Stoiber

Chairmen

• Bruno Six (1947-1948)
• Alfred Sagner (1948-1949)
• Josef Hermann Dufhues (1949-1950)
• Ernst Majonica (1950-1955)
• Gerhard Stoltenberg (1955-1961)
• Bert Even (1961-1963)
• Egon Klepsch (1963-1969)
• Jürgen Echternach (1969-1973)
• Matthias Wissmann (1973-1983)
• Christoph Böhr (1983-1989)
• Hermann Gröhe (1989-1994)
• Klaus Escher (1994-1998)
• Hildegard Müller (1998-2002)
• Philipp Mißfelder (2002- )

External link

• Junge Union (http://www.junge-union.de/) - Official site (German)

Example Usage of Junge