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Jean Louis Marie Le Pen was the only son of Jean Le Pen (1901–1942). Jean Le Pen was born in Brittany, like his ancestors, and had started work at the age of 13 on a transatlantic vessel. He was the president of L'Association des Ancients Combattants and Councilor of La Trinité-sur-Mer. [4] Jean-Marie Le Pen's mother, Anne-Marie Hervé (1904 ...
Le Pen (French: [lə pɛn]) is a prominent political family of France.Le Pen is a Breton surname meaning "the head", "the chief" or "the peninsula". [1] The family has led the National Rally party (formerly the National Front) since its inception in 1972, first under Jean-Marie Le Pen (1972–2011) and subsequently under his daughter Marine Le Pen (2011–2022).
However, he lost his trial, with the French justice declaring Le Monde's investigations as legitimate and credible, though Le Pen appealed. [47] Le Pen still denies the use of torture, claiming there had been only "interrogation sessions". Le Monde produced in May 2003 the dagger he allegedly used to commit war crimes as court evidence. [48]
For more than a decade, Le Pen has sought to rid RN of the xenophobic and racist image it acquired under the nearly 40-year leadership of her father, ex-paratrooper Jean-Marie Le Pen.
She is part of the Le Pen family, as the granddaughter of National Front (renamed National Rally in 2018) founder Jean-Marie Le Pen and niece of its later leader Marine Le Pen. Maréchal is a former member of the far-right National Front (FN) and served as the member of the National Assembly for the 3rd constituency of Vaucluse from 2012 to 2017.
Jean-Marie Le Pen started taking notes for his autobiography in 1975 during a 2-month-long cruise across the Pacific Ocean, saying, "I will write my memories when I will be old." Le Pen started writing in 2015 with the help of Marie-Christine Arnautu. The original version was written on sheets of white paper with a blue marker.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, 96, was also among the accused, but, at the start of the proceedings, the judge said that, for health reasons, he and one another accused were not fit to stand trial and would ...
In 2021, he resigned the mayorship following his conviction for illegally taking advantage of his position. He was succeeded by his son, First Deputy Mayor Yann Bompard. [2] He was originally a member of Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front (FN), but left the party in 2005.