Jean-Marie Le Pen dead: Far-right demagogue & France’s National Front founder dies at 96 with daughter on cusp of power
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JEAN-Marie Le Pen, the nationalist founder of the French far-right National Front (Front National) party, has died aged 96. The far-right demagogue's death was reported by French media on Tuesday. Le Pen shook the French political establishment when he unexpectedly reached the presidential election run-off vote against Jacques Chirac in 2002, with his eager mix of populism and charisma.
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He was succeeded as party chief by his daughter, Marine Le Pen. She has since run for the presidency three times and turned the party, now branded the National Rally, into one of the country's main political forces. More to follow... For the latest news on this story keep checking back at The Sun Online.
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