Rassemblement national de la jeunesse (RNJ), formerly the Front National de la Jeunesse (FNJ; ; 1973–2018) and the Génération Nation (GN; ; 2018–2022), is the youth organization of the French
National Rally
The National Rally (, , RN), known as the National Front from 1972 to 2018 (, , FN), is a French far-right politics, far-right political party, described as right-wing populist and French nationalism, nationalist. It is the single largest Nat ...
, 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:
Carl Lang
* 1986–1992:
Martial Bild
* 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:
David Rachline
* 2011–2012: Nathalie Pigeot
* 2012–2014:
Julien Rochedy
* 2014–2018:
Gaëtan Dussausaye
* March 2018– July 2021:
Jordan Bardella
Jordan Bardella (; born 13 September 1995) is a French politician who has been the president of the National Rally (RN) since 2022, after serving as acting president from September 2021 to November 2022 and as vice-president from 2019 to 2022. ...
* July 2021–November 2022:
Aleksandar Nikolic
* November 2022– :
Pierre-Romain Thionnet
Pierre-Romain Thionnet (born 19 January 1994) is a French politician from National Rally. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2024.
Career
Thionnet was a member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France. He was the chief of ...
Notes and references
*https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/front-national/
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National Rally (France)
Youth wings of political parties
Youth organizations established in 1973
Youth wings of conservative parties