French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen, ex-National Front leader and father of Marine Le Pen, dies aged 96
- Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of France's far-right National Front, has died at 96, according to Sébastien Chenu, a senior party official.
- Le Pen was known for his fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism, earning him both supporters and condemnation.
- His controversial statements, including Holocaust denial, led to multiple convictions and strained political alliances.
- Despite his exclusion from the party in 2015, Le Pen's divisive legacy continues to shape the far-right in France.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, who established France’s National Front party and was the father of Marine Le Pen, died at the age of 96, leading French conservatives […]
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PARIS: Jean-Marie Le Pen, an extreme right-winger who haunted the French political establishment for decades, died on Tuesday aged 96, dividing opinion until the end. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
The American daily newspaper "New York Times" notably spoke of the death of a "reactionary (...) riding waves of discontent and xenophobia and raising the specters of a new fascism". Source
Several hundred opponents of Jean-Marie Le Pen (Jean-Marie) gathered tonight in several cities in France to celebrate the news of the death of this historical figure of the extreme right with songs, smoke bombs and fireworks.
"Happy New Year, good health, Jean-Marie is dead!" Several thousand French people did not hide their excitement over the death of the founder of the National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who passed away at the age of 96.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of the far-right National Front party, died on January 7, at the age of 96.
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