A polarising figure in French politics, Le Pen was convicted numerous times of antisemitism, discrimination and inciting ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, who founded the National Front, helped make extremist views and anti-immigrant rhetoric mainstream in ...
By founding the National Front in 1972 — which has since been rebranded and is led by his daughter Marine Le Pen — Jean-Marie ...
He ran unsuccessfully for the French presidency five times, riding waves of discontent and xenophobia as the leader of the ...
The frequent presidential contender was twice convicted of dismissing the Nazi gas chambers as a “minor point” in World War ...
Through five unsuccessful runs for president, Le Pen espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric that landed him in legal ...
Here is a short history of the French far-right National Front, whose historic leader and co-founder Jean-Marie Le Pen died ...
PARIS, January 7. /TASS/. Jean-Marie Le Pen, who founded the National Front party, now known as the National Rally, has died at the age of 96, AFP reported, citing his family. "Jean-Marie Le Pen was ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s National Front who ran for president five times and lived to see his anti-immigrant rhetoric go mainstream, has died. He was 96.