Jean-Marie Le Pen has died

Adys
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 11:59:30 +0000

Jean-Marie Le Pen is dead. My mother taught me to only say good things of the dead, so I'll say it's a good thing he's dead.

Press release from the Élysée

Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder and first president of the National Front, passed away on January 7 at the age of 96.
Born in 1928, Jean-Marie Le Pen served as a Member of Parliament three times, was a five-time presidential candidate, a seven-time Member of the European Parliament, a municipal councilor for the 20th arrondissement of Paris, and a regional councilor for Île-de-France and later Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founder of the National Front in 1972, its president until 2011, and subsequently honorary president from 2011 to 2018, he reached the second round of the 2002 presidential election, where he secured 17.8% of the vote. A historic figure of the far-right, he played a role in the public life of our country for nearly seventy years, a legacy now left to the judgment of history.
The President of the Republic extends his condolences to his family and loved ones.

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