Federal Association of Liberal Students Groups (LHG)
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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 founded 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).
The LHG is 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.
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
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Consisting of currently 80 member groups, LHG is one of the largest German student association. Since its Mainz convention in January 2011, the federal chairwoman is Kristina Kämpfer.
Germany
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supporting liberal political issues.
The LHG was founded 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).
The LHG is 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.
The LHG is a full member of the European Liberal Youth
European Liberal Youth
European Liberal Youth is an international organisation of Liberal youth movements - mostly the youth wings of members of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party....
(LYMEC), which itself is tied to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party is a European political party mainly active in the European Union, composed of 56 national-level liberal and liberal-democratic parties from across Europe...
in the European Union
European Union
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Consisting of currently 80 member groups, LHG is one of the largest German student association. Since its Mainz convention in January 2011, the federal chairwoman is Kristina Kämpfer.
Former chairpersons
- Inka Goos-Richter (1987–89)
- Peter Kuhlmeier (1989)
- Lukas Werner (1989–91)
- Beate Engelhardt (1991–92)
- Christian Etzold (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 (since 2011)