Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth

Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth اتحاد الشباب الديمقراطي اللبناني
Abbreviation	ULDY/UJDL
Founded	1970
Headquarters	Mar Elias, Beirut
Ideology	Anti-imperialism Anti-capitalism Secularism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	March 8 Alliance
International affiliation	World Federation of Democratic Youth
Slogan	شباب يناضل من أجل العدالة الاجتماعية For Homeland Guarantees its Youth's Rights
Website
Official website www.uldy.org
Politics of Lebanon Political parties Elections

Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth (ULDY) (Arabic: اتحاد الشباب الديمقراطي اللبناني, transliterated: Ittihad ash-Shabab ad-Dimuqrati al-Lubnani), also known as UJDL (the French abbreviation of Union de la jeunesse démocratique libanaise), is a Lebanese leftist secular democratic youth organization as it defines itself in its documents.^[1] ULDY was legally established in 1970 by leftist—mainly communist—students and young activists, after being active underground since 1945.

ULDY is a member in many regional and international youth organizations, but its main affiliation is to the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY). ULDY is the vice president of WFDY since March 2007 after a long history of international action.^[2] It was the president of WFDY during the late 1980s before and during the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Many prominent leftist leaders and activists in Lebanon were affiliated to ULDY during their early political life including Anwar Yassin and Souha Bechara, two former resistors and detainees in Israel, Saadallah Mazraani the Vice General-Secretary of the Lebanese Communist Party and Hanna Gharib the former President of Union of High School Teachers in Lebanon.