Jean-Marie Le Pen, Architect of French Far Right, Dies at 96
- Le Pen started the anti-immigrant party National Front
- His daughter, Marine Le Pen, took over the party leadership
Jean-Marie Le Pen in 2021.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s National Front who ran for president five times and lived to see his anti-immigrant rhetoric go mainstream, has died. He was 96.
Jordan Bardella, president of the far-right National Rally, the successor party to the National Front, confirmed his death on X.