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Farewell to the ENA, it is now the INSP. The National Institute of Public Service replaces since January 1 the prestigious school supposed to welcome a greater diversity of candidates. The opportunity to look back over 75 years of its history.
It has shaped the face of the political landscape for over 70 years. This is the National School of Administration (ENA). Created by General de Gaulle in 1945 after the Second World War, the ENA’s mission is to train the country’s future thinkers. Eighty students graduate each year, including girls. “It’s the highest level so I wanted to try”, declared a student of the time, in 1966. The school then imposed itself as the royal road to access the most prestigious positions.
However, very quickly, the ENA is accused of widening the exclusion between the elites and the people, considered above ground. “The typical profile of the ENA external competition is someone who is from the Paris region, who is the son of a senior executive”, detailed in 1995 Jean-Michel Gaillard, enarque. In the aftermath of the Yellow Vests movement, Emmanuel Macron announced its abolition. It will now be the National Institute of Public Service which will replace the ENA.