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    2 days ago · French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has died aged 96. Le Pen, who had been in a care facility for several weeks, died at midday on Tuesday "surrounded by his loved …

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    2 days ago · Jean-Marie Le Pen was born in the small Breton village of La Trinité-sur-Mer on 20 June 1928. He lost his father at 14 when his fishing boat hit a German mine.

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    2 days ago · PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party, died on Tuesday at 96, but the anti-immigration and nationalist ideas that propelled his decades …

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    2 days ago · 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. From …

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    Who was Jean-Marie Le Pen?
    PARIS (Reuters) -Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front party who tapped into blue-collar anger over immigration and globalisation and revelled in minimising the Holocaust, died on Tuesday aged 96. His death was confirmed by his daughter Marine Le Pen's political party, National Rally (Rassemblement National).

    Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's post-war far right, dies aged 96

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    Why was Jean-Marie Le Pen expelled from the National Front?
    Jean-Marie Le Pen was expelled from the National Front due to i ncreasingly shocking statements. Three years later, in 2018, he lost his title of honorary president-for-life and the party changed its name to become the National Rally. Marine Le Pen twice ran for president and reached the second round, losing to centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron.

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    Why did Jean-Marie Le Pen change her name to National Rally?
    A few months later, she changed the National Front name to National Rally as part of her strategy to renew the party’s image. Her father called it the “toughest blow” the party had faced since its founding. Throughout his life, Jean-Marie Le Pen refused to cede or be silenced.

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    How many times did Jean-Marie Le Pen run for President?
    He ran unsuccessfully for the French presidency five times, riding waves of discontent and xenophobia as the leader of the National Front party. Jean-Marie Le Pen, foreground, at a rally in Paris in 1984. Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/CORBIS, via Getty Images

    Jean-Marie Le Pen, Rabble-Rousing Leader of French Far Right, Dies at 96

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    Is the fight against Jean-Marie Le Pen over?
    “Respect for the dignity of the dead and the grief of their loved ones does not erase the right to judge their actions. Those of Jean-Marie Le Pen remain intolerable,” said Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the far-left France Unbowed party. “The fight against the man is over.

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    Did Le Pen serve France?
    Jordan Bardella, president of the RN party, said Le Pen “always served France, defending its identity and sovereignty.” “My thoughts today are with his family and loved ones, and of course with Marine who is mourning, we must respect that,” Bardella said in a Tuesday post on X.

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    1 day ago · For years, France’s main far-right party tried to distance itself from the long trail of inflammatory and derogatory comments made by Jean-Marie Le Pen, its founding president.

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