Katipunan ng mga Kabataan

Katipunan ng Kabataan
Republic of the Philippines
Type
Type	Government/Youth Body
Leadership
KB Secretary/Minister	Imee Romualdez Marcos (Liberal (Philippines) Since 1975–1984
Elections
Last election	December 2008

The Katipunan ng Kabataan (KK) which means Youth Federation in English, is the mainstream federation of Filipino youths duly sponsored by the government of the Republic of the Philippines. It has chapters in all the 41,996 barangays of the country.

Its chapter officers are elected at large by the members of the Katipunan ng Kabataan in each Barangay. The officers elected are known as the Sangguniang Kabataan, whose term of office is usually three years, although this has been extended in some cases.

The Katipunan ng Kabataan is not as popular as the Sangguniang Kabataan, although its members who are at least fifteen years old but not more than eighteen years based on the latest law, vote the officers that compose the Sangguniang Kabataan (Youth Council).

Katipunan ng Kabataan is an offshoot of the Kabataang Barangay in which former Representative Imee Romualdez Marcos, the presidential daughter of then late President Ferdinand Marcos (Liberal Party/ Philippines) became the KB President in 1975–1984.

The Kabataang Barangay was created on April 15, 1975 by virtue of Presidential Decree 684. The decree provided for the organization of KB units in the 42,000 barangays all over the country with the purpose of giving the youth a definite role in community affairs and "ample opportunities to express their views that a complete cross-section of the will of the populace could be determined, thereby providing them a more democratic and popular basis for the legislation and/or other governmental operations."

The decree also provided KB membership to all Filipinos eighteen (18) years of age and below. However, under this Decree, only the 15-18 duly registered members of the barangay compose the KB assembly, which elects the KB Council composed of one (1) Chairman and six (6) councilmen. The Chairman automatically becomes an ex-officio member of the adult barangay and acts as the Chairman of the Barangay Committee on Sports and Recreation.

First National KB Elections On May 1, 1975, the First National KB Elections was held. Elected were council members of 42,000 KB units and presidents of 1,482 Municipal KB Federations, 60 KB City Federations, 75 KB Provincial Federations, 13 Regional KB Presidents and one (1) National KB Federation.

First National KB Congress On May 10-1, 1976, the 1st National KB Congress was held at the KB Training Center, Mt. Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna. It was during this Congress that the KB Constitution was initially drafted.