Jean-Marie Le Pen, Longtime Leader of France’s National Front, Dies at 96
Jean Marie Le-Pen has died at the age of 96.
A former paratrooper who fought in multiple conflicts, Le-Pen led France’s National Front from 1972 to 2011 and contested dozens of local and national elections.
In 2002, he made the run-off in France’s presidential election but was ultimately defeated handily by former president Jacques Chiraq.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Le Pen family said that he had been in a care facility for several weeks and passed away “surrounded by his loved ones.”
Le Pen’s daughter...
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