Frente de Juventudes

The National Delegation of the Youth Front (Spanish: Delegación Nacional del Frente de Juventudes) was a political-administrative body created in Spain in 1940 as the autonomous youth section of FET y de las JONS, the sole legal party during the dictatorship of General Franco (1936–1975).

The Youth Front was established to organize and politically indoctrinate Spanish youth according to the principles of the so-called Movimiento Nacional, the coalition of political and social forces that supported the military uprising against the Second Spanish Republic, which led to the Spanish Civil War and Franco's rise to power.

Prior to its creation, several youth organizations existed within the parties supporting the uprising, most notably the "Pelayos" (Traditionalist youth) and the "Balillas" (the original name of the Spanish Falange and JONS youth organization). Following the Unification Decree of 1937, these were renamed as Youth Organizations, whose second and final delegate was Sancho Dávila until 1940. These organizations were dissolved and integrated into the newly created Youth Front.

As Francoism evolved, the Youth Front adapted its objectives and composition in line with the political changes of the regime. In November 1961, its name was changed to the National Delegation of Youth (Delegación Nacional de Juventud), reflecting a less militant character. In January 1970, following a major reorganization of the General Secretariat of the Movement (the regime's highest political body), it was again restructured under the same name. The organization continued to operate until the end of the regime in 1977.