French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has died aged 96, in response to a household assertion shared with AFP.
Le Pen, who had been in a care facility for a number of weeks, died at noon on Tuesday “surrounded by his family members”, the household stated.
Le Pen – a Holocaust denier and an unrepentant extremist on race, gender and immigration – based the French far-right Nationwide Entrance occasion in 1972.
He reached the presidential election-run off towards Jacques Chirac in 2002.
Le Pen’s daughter, Marine, took over as occasion chief in 2011. She has since rebranded the occasion as Nationwide Rally, turning it into one in every of France’s principal political forces.
Jordan Bardella, who succeeded Marine Le Pen as occasion chair in 2022, stated Jean-Marie had “all the time served France” and “defended its id and sovereignty”.
