For years, the far-right National Rally tried to distance itself from Mr. Le Pen’s racist and antisemitic remarks. But after his death Tuesday, it hailed him as a visionary.

southern France, Sunday, March 4, 2012. Credit: AP/Claude Paris Conservative rival Jacques Chirac went on to win in a landslide victory with a record 82% of the vote. A year later, Le Pen said he wanted the notion of “national preference” written into ...

Jean Marie Le Pen, an iconic and controversial figure in French politics, has died at the age of 96. Founder of the National Front, a party that shaped the far-right landscape in France, Le Pen

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

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right movement, has died at the age of 96. Le Pen died on Tuesday (7 January) “surrounded by his loved ones”, AFP reported. He had been in a care facility for several weeks.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French far-right nationalist party formerly known as the National Front and a controversial force in the country's political life for decades, has died aged 96. President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday issued a terse acknowledgement of Le Pen's significant role in France's post-war society - but withheld any further assessment of his legacy.

In a rare joining of forces, supporters of the right and left poured into the streets of France in a massive show of solidarity against him. Conservative rival Jacques Chirac went on to win in a landslide victory with a record 82% of the vote. A year later ...

By founding the National Front in 1972 — which has since been rebranded and is led by his daughter Marine Le Pen — Jean-Marie Le Pen ushered in a new brand of extreme-right politics. His legacy remains embedded in some of today’s dominant political parties.

France, Le Pen declared ... 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 proportional representation, and ...

As prime minister for the five years dating back to 1997, the popular Jospin had pushed through socially progressive measures like France's ... the conservative Jacques Chirac, held the Élysée ...

He stood for president five times, most successfully in 2002 when he shocked France by defeating Socialist candidate Lionel Jospin in the first round of voting, Jacques Chirac in the second round ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s National Front who ran for president five times and lived to see his anti-immigrant rhetoric go mainstream, has died. He was 96.