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Wayne LaPierre
American gun rights lobbyist (born 1949)
Wayne Robert LaPierre Jr. (born November 8, 1949) is an American gun rights lobbyist who was the CEO and executive vice president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), a position he held between 1991 and 2024.
On January 5, 2024, the NRA posted on X that LaPierre would resign from his position on January 31. The announcement came amid allegations of corruption and ahead of a civil trial in Manhattan.[1][2]
Personal background
Wayne Robert LaPierre, Jr.[3] was born on November 8, 1949, in Schenectady, New York,[4][5][6][7] the eldest child of Hazel (Gordon) and Wayne Robert LaPierre, Sr.[3] His father was an accountant for the local General Electric plant.[3] The LaPierre family trace their patrilineal heritage to a 17th century French ancestor who emigrated from the Brittany region of France to New France (now Que