Joves d'Esquerra Nacionalista explained

Nationalist Left Youth
Native Name:Joves d'Esquerra Nacionalista
Colorcode:red
Leader:Albert Abad
Deputy Leader:Guillem Caballero
Founded:1987
Headquarters:C/Isidoro Antillón, nº 9, baixos, 07006 - Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Ideology:Socialism
Catalan independentism
Republicanism
Feminism
Ecologism
Pacifism
Antifascism
Mother Party:Partit Socialista de Mallorca (PSM)
International:European Free Alliance Youth (EFAy)
Website:www.jen.cat

The Nationalist Left Youth (Catalan: Joves d'Esquerra Nacionalista, JEN) is the youth wing of the Socialist Party of Majorca (Catalan: Partit Socialista de Mallorca, PSM), a nationalist political party in the Balearic Islands. The JEN was founded in 1987 and defines itself as an independentist, socialist, ecologist and feminist organisation.

On June 22, 2010, it celebrated its Xth Congress in Inca, where Lluís Apesteguia was elected secretary general. He was reelected at the XIth Congress celebrated on April 14, 2012, in Palma.[1] It is a member of the European Free Alliance Youth since April 2007 when it was admitted as a full member.

The JEN-PSM is led by the Executive Commission, its executive branch, consisting of ten members elected in the party congress for a period of two years with an additional number of members representing local branches. The current executive commission was elected on April 14, 2012, at the 11th Congress in Palma.

General secretaries

  1. Bernat Aguiló (1987 - 1989)
  2. Roger Gotarredona (1990 - 1992)
  3. Magí Moranta (1993 - 1995)
  4. Joan Josep Mas (1996 - 2001)
  5. Joan Serra (2001 - 2003)
  6. Josep Ferrà (2003 - 2005)
  7. Francesc Garcies(2005 - 2006)
  8. Antoni Noguera(2006 - 2008)
  9. Joan Ferrà(2008 - 2010)
  10. Lluís Apesteguia(2010 - 2013)[2]
  11. Àlex Moll (2013 - 2014)
  12. Albert Abad (2014 -)

Executive commission

The current executive commission was elected in September 2014 for a two-year period ending in late 2016. These are its members:

Secretary general: Albert Abad Pérez
Secretary of organisation: Guillem Caballero Aycart
Members of the commission:

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1370845/0/
  2. Garcias, Maties. Els Primers 30 anys. PSM 1976-2006. Palma: PSM-Entesa Nacionalista de Mallorca, 2006 p. 104 DL: PM-2548-2006