''Rassemblement National Français'' (RNF) (French, 'French National Rally') was a French far-right party active between 1954 and 1957. Rassemblement National Français was founded on 20 May 1954 by

Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour (; 12 October 1907 – 29 September 1989) was a French lawyer and Far-right politics, far-right politician. Elected to the National Assembly (France), National Assembly in 1936, he initially collaborated with the Vichy ...

and

Maurice Bardèche Maurice Bardèche (1 October 1907 – 30 July 1998) was a French art critic and journalist, better known as one of the leading exponents of neo-fascism and Holocaust denial in post–World War II Europe. Bardèche was also the brother-in-law ...

, with the project of "

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together all French people who wish to defend and propagate the ideas of national recovery, social reform and reconciliation among French people." It presented candidates in the

1956 French legislative election Legislative elections were held in France on 2 January 1956 to elect the third National Assembly (France), National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic, Fourth Republic. The elections were held using party-list proportional representation. Th ...

, resulting in the election of Tixier-Vignancour.

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