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...