World Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth explained

World Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth
Colorcode:
  1. 2f469d
Founded:1947
Dissolved:1978
Headquarters:London, United Kingdom
Succeeded By:IFLRY

The World Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (WFLRY) was an international liberal youth organization. It had a global outreach but consisted mainly of national youth organizations from Europe.

WFLRY was founded in 1947 in Cambridge, United Kingdom. In 1969 the organization was split, resulting in the separate forming of European Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (EFLRY). WFLRY was dissolved in 1978.[1]

Leadership of WFLRY

Presidency
  • 1947–1951 Raymond-Claude Foëx
  • 1958–1962 Niles Westerby
  • 1962–1964 Barthold Witte
  • 1964–1966 Ingemund Hägg
  • 1966–1968 Jon Steel
  • 1968–1970 Margaretha Holmstedt
  • 1970–1973 Jan Kees Wiebinga
 Secretaries General
  • 1958–1962 Jean-Jacques Rey
  • 1962–1964 Forberg
  • 1964–1966 Gerhard Meyer
  • 1966–1967 Paul Wirtz
  • 1967–1968 Margaretha Holmstedt
  • 1968–1970 Peter Ellis Jones
  • 1970–1973 Tony Lambert

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iflry.com/about-us/our-history/ "Our History"