Controversy was Le Pen's constant companion: his multiple convictions for inciting racial hatred and condoning war crimes dogged the National Front.

A polarising figure in French politics, his controversial statements led to multiple convictions and strained his political alliances.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the controversial founder of France’s far-right National Front party, passed away on January 7, 2025, at the age of 96. His death marks the conclusion of a political career that left an indelible imprint on France's political landscape, sparking intense debates about nationalism, immigration, and the far-right’s…

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the former paratrooper and rabble-rousing politician who co-founded France’s National Front and pushed the far right into the limelight, died on Tuesday aged 96. Read our coverage…

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism, has died.

A polarising figure in French politics, Le Pen was convicted numerous times of antisemitism, discrimination and inciting racial violence

Jean-Marie Le Pen, a towering yet controversial figure in French far-right politics, passed away at the age of 96. His death marks the end of an era for a man who profoundly influenced the political landscape in France, often stirring outrage with his provocative views and actions.

Le Pen shook the French political establishment when he unexpectedly reached the presidential election run-off vote against Jacques Chirac in 2002, with his pugnacious mix of populism and charisma.

PARIS: Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the far-right National Front party who tapped into working-class concerns over immigration and globalisation, shaking up the French political establishment, has died at the age of 96. His death was confirmed by his daughter Marine Le Pen's political party, National

Jean-Marie Le Pen, far-right French politician, infamous for Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism, left a controversial legacy.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right party Front National, has died. He was 96.

He ran unsuccessfully for the French presidency five times, riding waves of discontent and xenophobia as the leader of the National Front party.

He was known for his fiery anti-immigrant rhetoric that earned him both staunch support and widespread condemnation.

A polarising figure in French politics, his controversial statements led to multiple convictions and strained his political alliances.

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, has died. He was 96. Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally as the party is now known, confirmed Le Pen’s death in […]

Le Pen, who advanced to the 2002 presidential runoff, later became estranged from his daughter, Marine Le Pen. She renamed the National Front, ousted him, and rebranded it as a major political force, distancing it from his extremist image.

The long-time controversial politician reached the second round of the 2002 presidential election.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, once the leader of France's far right, has died at the age of 96.

Jean-Marie Le Pen centered his political career around provocative rhetoric. He was eventually estranged from his daughter, Marine Le Pen, who sought to distance the party he founded from his extremist image.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the historic leader of France's far-right, has died aged 96, his family told AFP.

Far-right politician and founder of the French National Front party Jean-Marie Le Pen has died aged 96.

A Holocaust denier and unrepentant extremist on race and immigration, the far-right politician has died at 96.

Ultranationalist and anti-immigrant views made him a pariah in 1980s France.

France's far-right figurehead Jean-Marie Le Pen died on Tuesday aged 96, according to local media. Le Pen founded France's National Front party, which is now known as the National Rally and led by his…

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism, has died.