Jean-Marie Le Pen
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Demographics
Gender Male
Birth Name Jean Louis Marie Le Pen
Birthplace La Trinité-sur-Mer, France
Birth Date June 20, 1928
Ethnicity Northwestern European
Overview Breton
Nationality French
Career Politician, lawyer, activist
Color Season Soft Summer
Notes and Motifs
Je politician
Father of Marine Le Pen
Founded the National Front (now National Rally) party and served as the party's president from 1972 to 2011 and as its honorary president from 2011 to 2015, often sited as far-right
Focused on issues related to immigration to France, the European Union, traditional culture and values, law and order, and France's high rate of unemployment
His progression in the 1980s is known as the "lepénisation of minds" due to its noticeable effect on mainstream political opinion
Controversial speeches and his integration into public life made him a figure who polarized opinion
Convicted of statements downplaying the Holocaust, and fined for incitement to discrimination regarding remarks made about Muslims in France
Expelled from the party by his daughter Marine in 2015 after making controversial statements
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