New Generations of the People’s Party is the youth organization of the Spanish Partido Popular

People's Party (Spain)

The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...

. It operates in all Spanish territories and also has structures in other countries such Belgium, Argentina, and Uruguay. They share the same ideological platform of the PP: Centre-right and liberalism, according to their own organization, centro reformista.

Their main objective is to involve young people in politics through supporting the policies, principles and values of the party by developing the 48th article of the Spanish Constitution.

It has around 65,000 members throughout Spain, approximately 65% of young people involved in political organizations..

History

New Generations was created as New Generations of the Alianza Popular

Popular Alliance (Spain)

The People's Alliance was a electoral coalition, and later a political party, founded in 1976 by Manuel Fraga along with six other former Francoist ministers.- History :...

in 1978, supported by the former Alianza Popular, Secretaries, Jorge Verstrynge and Loyola de Palacio

Loyola de Palacio

Loyola de Palacio y del Valle-Lersundi was a Spanish politician. She was one of the first women to rise to political prominence in Spain during the early years of democracy. She was a minister in the Spanish government from 1996 to 1998, and a member of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004...

. Its first assembly took place on 17 and 18 April that year and Loyola was elected as the first Chairwoman. Later, in September 2006 during the 12th National Congress in Toledo

Toledo, Spain

Toledo's Alcázar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.-Economy:...

, she was named Honorary Founder President.

On 13 July 1997 Miguel Ángel Blanco Garrido

Miguel Ángel Blanco

Miguel Ángel Blanco Garrido was a local Spanish politician for the People's Party, who was kidnapped and subsequently executed by the Basque terrorist group ETA.-Early life:...

, a member of New Generations and town councillor of Ermua

Ermua

Ermua is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.-External links:* * *...

 (Vizcaya

Biscay

Biscay is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Biscay. Its capital city is Bilbao...

), was assassinated by ETA

ETA

ETA , an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization. The group was founded in 1959 and has since evolved from a group promoting traditional Basque culture to a paramilitary group with the goal of gaining independence for the Greater Basque Country...

.

List of chairpersons

• Loyola de Palacio
  Loyola de Palacio
  Loyola de Palacio y del Valle-Lersundi was a Spanish politician. She was one of the first women to rise to political prominence in Spain during the early years of democracy. She was a minister in the Spanish government from 1996 to 1998, and a member of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004...
  
  
• Alejandro Martín Carrero
• Antonio Martín Beaumont
• Gonzalo Robles Orozco
• Rafael Hernando Fraile
• Tomás Burgos Gallego
  Tomás Burgos Gallego
  Tomás Burgos Gallego is a Spanish politician who belongs to the main opposition People's Party .Single, Burgos served as a regional procurator in the Parliament of Castille and Leon from 1987 to 1993...
  
  
• Pedro Calvo Poch
• Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla
• Carmen Fúnez de Gregorio
• Nacho Uriarte
• Beatriz Jurado