# Social Democratic Youth (Portugal)

Social Democratic Youth (Portuguese: Juventude Social Democrata) is the youth organisation of the Social Democratic Party of Portugal and it is commonly known by its initials, JSD. Founded by Francisco Sá Carneiro, the JSD has become an essential basis of the PSD itself. Its activity is recognized in election campaigns, with a crucial position in terms of mobilization and as a "laboratory of ideas of the party". While defending the values affirmed by the Social Democratic Party, the JSD is a structure with its own identity and, therefore, works in an autonomous manner in respect to the party.
Nowadays, the JSD has mainly based his political activity in areas such as education, entrepreneurship, employment, housing, environment, addiction and childhood obesity. In addition to this, the JSD defends a constitutional review of the Portuguese Constitution, and advocates European integration, employment, culture and environment, generational issues in which the JSD focuses its intervention.

## List of presidents

| No. | Name | Start | End | President of PSD |
| 1 | António Rebelo de Sousa | May 1975 | December 1978 | Francisco Sá Carneiro |
| 1 | António Rebelo de Sousa | May 1975 | December 1978 | António Sousa Franco |
| 1 | António Rebelo de Sousa | May 1975 | December 1978 | José Menéres Pimentel |
| 1 | António Rebelo de Sousa | May 1975 | December 1978 | Francisco Sá Carneiro |
| 2 | António Lacerda de Queiroz | December 1978 | November 1982 | Francisco Sá Carneiro |
| 2 | António Lacerda de Queiroz | December 1978 | November 1982 | Francisco Pinto Balsemão |
| 3 | Pedro Augusto Cunha Pinto | November 1982 | October 1986 | Francisco Pinto Balsemão |
| 3 | Pedro Augusto Cunha Pinto | November 1982 | October 1986 | Nuno Rodrigues dos Santos |
| 3 | Pedro Augusto Cunha Pinto | November 1982 | October 1986 | Carlos Mota Pinto |
| 3 | Pedro Augusto Cunha Pinto | November 1982 | October 1986 | Rui Machete |
| 3 | Pedro Augusto Cunha Pinto | November 1982 | October 1986 | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| 4 | Carlos Coelho | October 1986 | March 1990 | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| 5 | Pedro Passos Coelho | March 1990 | December 1995 | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| 5 | Pedro Passos Coelho | March 1990 | December 1995 | Fernando Nogueira |
| 6 | Jorge Moreira da Silva | December 1995 | September 1998 | Fernando Nogueira |
| 6 | Jorge Moreira da Silva | December 1995 | September 1998 | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
| 7 | Pedro Duarte | September 1998 | September 2002 | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
| 7 | Pedro Duarte | September 1998 | September 2002 | José Durão Barroso |
| 8 | Jorge Nuno de Sá | September 2002 | March 2005 | José Durão Barroso |
| 8 | Jorge Nuno de Sá | September 2002 | March 2005 | Pedro Santana Lopes |
| 9 | Daniel Fangueiro | March 2005 | April 2007 | Pedro Santana Lopes |
| 9 | Daniel Fangueiro | March 2005 | April 2007 | Luís Marques Mendes |
| 10 | Pedro Rodrigues | April 2007 | November 2010 | Luís Marques Mendes |
| 10 | Pedro Rodrigues | April 2007 | November 2010 | Luís Filipe Menezes |
| 10 | Pedro Rodrigues | April 2007 | November 2010 | Manuela Ferreira Leite |
| 10 | Pedro Rodrigues | April 2007 | November 2010 | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| 11 | Duarte Marques | November 2010 | December 2012 | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| 12 | Hugo Soares | December 2012 | December 2014 | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| 13 | Simão Ribeiro | December 2014 | April 2018 | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| 14 | Margarida Balseiro Lopes | April 2018 | July 2020 | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| 14 | Margarida Balseiro Lopes | April 2018 | July 2020 | Rui Rio |
| 15 | Alexandre Poço | July 2020 | June 2024 | Rui Rio |
| 15 | Alexandre Poço | July 2020 | June 2024 | Luís Montenegro |
| 16 | João Pedro Louro | June 2024 | present | Luís Montenegro |