Jordan Bardella is elected new president of French far-right party

Marine Le Pen’s 27-year-old ‘general’ Jordan Bardella is elected new president of French far-right party

Marine Le Pen’s 27-year-old ‘general’ has been elected as the new president of the French far-right party, Rassemblement National.

Today the party, known as the National Rally, elected Jordan Bardella to take over from Le Pen, who failed to unset Emmanuel Macron at this years presidential election in April.

The historical move means  that Bardella will be the party’s first leader who is not a member of the Le Pen family. 

European Parliament member Bardella won 84.8 per cent of party members’ votes, against 15.16 per cent for his challenger Louis Aliot, a party veteran of more than 30 years and Le Pen’s former boyfriend.

Jordan Bardella, 27, (pictured) has been elected to take over the French far-right party, Rassemblement National, known as the National Rally 

Bardella and Marine Le Pen (pictured) at the National Rally Congress in Paris this morning

The result was announced at a congress in Paris this morning. He was seen celebrating with the party’s long-term leader Le Pen. Bardella previously described himself as Le Pen’s ‘general’.

Bardella has been the acting president of the party since September 2021. It was widely anticipated that he would win the election.

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