Énarque is the name given to the alumni of the École nationale d'administration (National School of Public Administration) in France.
The ENA was founded in 1945 and as the program is two years long, the first class graduated in 1947.
(Section translated from fr: Liste d'élèves de l'École nationale d'administration) Since the creation of the National School of Administration, the tradition has been that students at the start of their schooling, often during a seminar or vacation, vote to determine the name of their promotion.
The procedure is decided in several rounds of voting, eccentric and folkloric initial proposals are common 1.
The first years were named after the values of the Resistance, a third after politicians, another third after historians and men of letters 3.