Jean-Marie Le Pen: rabble-rousing co-founder of the French National Front
Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time'
French far-right icon Jean-Marie Le Pen buried in Brittany
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French far-right nationalist party formerly known as the National Front, was buried on Saturday. Le Pen died on Tuesday at the age of 96. Around 100 police officers were on duty for the funeral in La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany.
Crowds attend Paris memorial for far-right French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen
More than 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony on Thursday in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died earlier in January aged 96. The “mass for the repose of the soul” at Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grace church took place under tight security,
As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here's a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France
FILE - French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, center, flanked by his daughter Marine Le Pen, and Bruno Gollnisch, arrives for a wreath-laying ceremony at the statue of Joan of Arc, within the party’s traditional May Day march Saturday May 1, 2010, in Paris. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Front party, dies at 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of Marine Le Pen and the defining figure of France’s postwar far-right movement, has died at the age of 96, according to French network BFMTV.
Crowds attend Paris memorial for far-right French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen under tight security
Over 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony Thursday in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died last week at the age of 96. The “mass for the repose of the soul” at Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce church took place under tight security,
Jean-Marie Le Pen and the rise of the far right in France: a look at key dates
Advertisement Article continues below this ad Born in 1928 in the western region of Brittany, Jean-Marie Le Pen served in the military, fighting to maintain French colonial rule in Indochina and Algeria. He was a paratrooper in the 1957 battle of Algiers ...
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Crowds attend Paris memorial for far-right French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen under tight security
A private funeral took place last week in Le Pen's hometown of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany. Jean-Marie had three daughters, including Marine, the youngest. She transformed her father's ...
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As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here's a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France
Here's a look at the key dates in the life and career of one of France’s most controversial political figures, and his legacy: Born in 1928 in the western region of Brittany, Jean-Marie Le Pen ...
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As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here’s a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France
Born in 1928 in the western region of Brittany, Jean-Marie Le Pen served in the military, fighting to maintain French colonial rule in Indochina and Algeria. He was a paratrooper in the 1957 ...
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Crowds attend Paris memorial for far-right French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen
A private funeral took place last week in Le Pen's hometown of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany. Jean-Marie had three daughters, including Marine, the youngest. She transformed her father's ...
French far-right firebrand Le Pen buried in private ceremony
Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of France's main postwar far-right movement, was buried Saturday in a private ceremony in his native Brittany amid tight security."It's moving for me to pay my last respects to him here and to pray for the salvation of his soul,