Rassemblement national de la jeunesse (RNJ), formerly the Front National de la Jeunesse (FNJ; en, National Youth Front; 1973–2018) and the Génération Nation (GN; en, Nation Generation; 2018–2022), is the youth organization of the French

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, founded in 1973. Since 2011, anyone between the ages of 16 and 30 has been able to become a member. The FNJ had 25,000 members in December 2013.

Internal organization

Presidents

* 1973–1983: Christian Baeckeroot * 1983–1986:

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* 1986–1992:

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* 1992–1999: Samuel Maréchal * 1999–2000: Guillaume Luyt * 2000–2001: Erwan Le Gouëllec * 2001–2004: Louis-Armand de Béjarry * 2005: Arnaud Frery * 2005–2008: Alexandre Ayroulet * 2008–2009: Loïc Lemarinier * 2009–2011:

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* 2011–2012: Nathalie Pigeot * 2012–2014:

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* 2014–2018: Gaëtan Dussausaye * March 2018– July 2021: Jordan Bardella * July 2021–November 2022:

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* November 2022– :

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Notes and references

{{National Front National Rally (France) Youth wings of political parties Youth organizations established in 1973 Youth wings of conservative parties