Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader, dies at 96

  • January 7, 2025
Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader, dies at 96

French far-right leader and presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen gestures April 22, 2007, as he delivers a speech after the announcement of the preliminary official results of the election’s first round in Paris.

PARIS — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, has died. He was 96.

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