French Far-Right Firebrand Jean-Marie Le Pen Dies at 96 The founder of France's National Rally party, and father of Marine Le Pen, pioneered Trump-style populist, anti-immigrant politics.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's far-right National Rally party, and father to French political leader Marine Le Pen, has died. He was 96.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of far-right party in France, dies at 96 The frequent presidential contender was twice convicted of dismissing the Nazi gas chambers as a “minor point” in World War II.

Mr. Le Pen’s most notable success in presidential races came in 2002, when he defeated the Socialist candidate, Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, in the initial round of voting, then came in second ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, a domineering and polarizing figure in French politics and founder of the National Rally party, died at age 96. National Rally President Jordan Bardella announced his death on ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the rabble-rousing far-right leader who died on Tuesday aged 96, was a political outcast on April 21, 2002, when he stormed into the second round of France’s presidential ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right party Front National, has died. He was 96. His family confirmed the news in a statement sent to the AFP and said he died “surrounded by his ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right party Front National, has died. He was 96. His family confirmed the news in a statement sent to the AFP and said he died “surrounded by his ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For half a century, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the National Front founder who has died at the age of 96, remained ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the longtime face of the far right in France notorious for his hate speech and Holocaust denial convictions, has died, the political party he founded said in a statement. He was 96 ...