Ambroise de Rancourt has just been appointed chief of staff to Marine Le Pen. A look back at the changing career of this 37-year-old from Versailles.
After criticizing “the fascists of the FN” in 2017, Ambroise de Rancourt is getting closer to the Le Pen party. And he has even just been appointed director of Marine Le Pen’s office. A look back at the career of this 37-year-old blond-haired ENA graduate (2020-2021 class).
Ambroise de Rancourt came from a Versailles family with many military personnel, described The Point. A priori, nothing predestined him to become a member of the team of the leader of the National Rally deputies. The Figaro explains that he left Sciences Po to become a pianist. He joined the Paris Conservatory at the age of 25. In 2015, the attacks motivated him to make another change in his life: he aimed to attend the ENA. While he was preparing for the competitive exams, Ambroise de Rancourt campaigned for Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party.
On the internet, he criticizes “the fascists of the FN”. A few months later, however, he accuses the rebellious leader in an open letter of “breaking with republican universalism”. Franceinfo explains that he is hostile to the European Union, to liberalism, and rejects the left-right divide. According to The Pointhe criticized Emmanuel Macron’s policy from 2018, and even more so that of the EU.
He was already working in the shadows for Marine Le Pen
He managed to get into the ENA in 2019, and joined the Ministry of the Armed Forces. At that time, he said he was neither right nor left. But in the 2019 European elections, he admitted to voting for the RN for the first time, by slipping Jordan Bardella’s ballot into the ballot box. He was spotted for his posts on Facebook by the former pollster and RN candidate in the last legislative elections, Jérôme Sainte-Marie. During his studies at the School, the former pianist wrote notes for Marine Le Pen, on education or agriculture for example. Ambroise de Rancourt met the leader of the RN in 2021. According to Franceinfohe continues to work at the Ministry of the Armed Forces while working in the shadows for Marine Le Pen.
He officially joins the RN team in July 2024, during the legislative elections. Currently working at the General Directorate of Armaments, he announced his departure at the beginning of the summer, indicates The Point“I have to organize my transition before I put myself on leave,” explained Ambroise de Rancourt. He will soon take up his duties as Marine Le Pen’s chief of staff.