Jean-Marie Le Pen was born on June 20 1928 at La Trinité ... This allowed the FN, with 9.8 per cent of the vote, to return 35 members. Jacques Chirac, who became prime minister in 1986, ended ...
Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time' ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen ... Jospin in the first round of voting, Jacques Chirac in the second round, the first time a far-right candidate had gotten that far. Le Pen was soundly defeated, with Chirac ...
PARIS(Reuters) -Jean-Marie Le Pen ... lost by a landslide to Jacques Chirac. Voters backed a mainstream conservative rather than bring the far right to power for the first time since Nazi ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen was a polarising figure in French politics known for his fiery rhetoric that included Holocaust denial.
(Bloomberg) -- Jean-Marie Le Pen ... of Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, propelling Le Pen into a runoff against President Jacques Chirac. The French political establishment closed ranks ...
French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has died aged 96 ... He reached the presidential election-run off against Jacques Chirac in 2002. Le Pen's daughter, Marine, took over as party ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen ... reported on Tuesday. Le Pen rocked France's political establishment when he unexpectedly reached the presidential election run-off vote against Jacques Chirac in 2002.
The founder of France's National Rally party, and father of Marine Le Pen, pioneered Trump-style populist, anti-immigrant politics. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Jean-Marie Le Pen ...