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Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right National Front party and an unrepentant extremist on race, immigration and multiculturalism, has died aged 96.. Le Pen had been in a ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. French politician (1928–2025) Jean-Marie Le Pen Official portrait, 1994 Honorary Chairman of the Alliance for Peace and Freedom In office 7 April 2018 – 7 January 2025 Leader Roberto Fiore Leader of the Jeanne Committees In office 22 March 2016 – 7 January 2025 Preceded by Party ...
Born on June 20, 1928, in the seaside village of La Trinite-sur-Mer in Brittany, Jean-Marie Le Pen’s father, Jean, died in 1942 when a wartime mine blew up his fishing boat.
PARIS(Reuters) -Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front party who tapped into blue-collar anger over immigration and globalisation and revelled in minimising the ...
More recently, Le Pen and 26 National Front officials, including his daughters Marine and Yann Le Pen, have been accused of using money destined for EU parliamentary aides to pay staff who instead did political work for the party between 2004 and 2016, in violation of the 27-nation bloc’s regulations. Jean-Marie Le Pen was deemed unfit to ...
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).
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.
Paris — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the historic leader of France's far-right political movement, died Tuesday at the age of 96, the French news agency AFP said, citing his family.Le Pen, who had been in ...