Jean-Marie Le Pen, a domineering and polarizing figure in French politics and founder of the National Rally party, died at ...

Paris — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the historic leader of France's far-right political movement, died Tuesday at the age of 96, the French news agency AFP said, citing his family.Le Pen, who had been in ...

Le Pen had three daughters with his first wife Pierrette. The youngest, Marine, succeeded him as head of the National Rally in 2011. Jean-Marie was made the lifetime honorary president of the party.

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and ...

FILE – National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, left, pats a horse ridden by Francoise, posing as Joan of Arc, Thursday May 1, 1997 during a party rally. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz, File) ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen speaking at a National Front congress in 2014. His daughter ousted him the following year, and the party was renamed the National Rally in 2018.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, who founded France's far-right National Front party, has died at 96 years old. Le Pen was a controversial and confrontational figure, seen by some as xenophobic.

National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, left, pats a horse ridden by Francoise, posing as Joan of Arc, on Thursday, May 1, 1997, during a party rally. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz) ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and ...