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 ...
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Jean-Marie Le Pen: rabble-rousing co-founder of the French National Front
Jean-Marie Le Pen was born in Brittany in 1928 ... He helped launch the National Front in 1972, and served as its president until he retired in 2011. Renamed National Rally, the party is currently ...
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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
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried ...
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Front party, dies at 96
From founding the National Front party – which his daughter has ... Born on June 20, 1928, in the seaside village of La Trinite-sur-Mer in Brittany, Jean-Marie Le Pen’s father, Jean, died ...
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Born in a port village in Brittany in 1928, Le Pen loved to cast himself as ... even after the colony was irrecoverably lost. Le Pen founded the National Front in 1972, bringing together the ...
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96
She renamed his National Front party, ousted him and transformed ... Born June 20, 1928, in the Brittany village of Trinite-Sur-Mer, to Jean Le Pen, a fisherman who would die in World War II ...
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, who helped spark political rise of far right in France, dead at 96
Born in Brittany in 1928, Le Pen studied law in ... which sowed the seeds for the formation of the National Front. After years on the periphery of French politics, Le Pen's fortunes changed ...
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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
Le Pen’s daughter, Marine Le Pen, transformed the National Front, now named the National ... Born in 1928 in the western region of Brittany, Jean-Marie Le Pen served in the military, fighting ...
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader who was convicted of Holocaust denial, dies at 96
Le Pen was born in 1928 in Brittany, France, and entered politics following activism as a student. In 1972, he founded the National Front party, a coalition of extremist groups that steadily ...