Marine Le Pen: French politician (born 1968)
Marine Le Pen (French pronunciation: ; born Marion Anne Perrine Le Pen; 5 August 1968) is a French politician.
She was the leader of the National Front (FN) political party from 2011 until her resignation in 2017. She is a lawyer. She is the youngest daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was leader of FN for many years. She is the aunt of Marion Maréchal-Le Pen.
Marine Le Pen | |
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.jpg) Marine Le Pen in 2022 | |
| Leader of the National Front | |
| Assumed office 15 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Steeve Briois (Interim) |
| In office 16 January 2011 – 24 April 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Marie Le Pen |
| Succeeded by | Jean-François Jalkh (Interim) |
| Member of the National Assembly for Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency | |
| Assumed office June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Philippe Kemel |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 14 July 2009 | |
| Constituency | North-West France |
| In office 20 July 2004 – 13 July 2009 | |
| Constituency | Île-de-France |
| Regional Councillor | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2010 | |
| Constituency | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| In office 28 March 2004 – 21 March 2010 | |
| Constituency | Île-de-France |
| In office 15 March 1998 – 28 March 2004 | |
| Constituency | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Municipal Councillor | |
| In office 23 March 2008 – 24 February 2011 | |
| Constituency | Hénin-Beaumont |
| Chair of Europe of Nations and Freedom | |
| Assumed office 15 June 2015 Serving with Marcel de Graaff | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marion Anne Perrine Le Pen 5 August 1968 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | National Front (1986–present) |
| Other political affiliations | SIEL (2011–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Franck Chauffroy (div.) Eric Lorio (div.) |
| Domestic partner | Louis Aliot (2009–present) |
| Relations | Jean-Marie Le Pen (father) Marion Maréchal-Le Pen (niece) |
| Children | Jehanne, Louis, Mathilde |
| Alma mater | Panthéon-Assas University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | www.marinelepen.fr |
Le Pen unsuccessfully ran for President of France in the 2017 election, losing to Emmanuel Macron in the second round. She ran again in the 2022 election, advancing again to the second round against Macron and lost.
Biography
Marine Le Pen and her family has been the target of an assassination attempt in 1976 when she was 8 years old. She has studied law at Panthéon-Assas University and has become a barrister. She joined the National Front in 1998 and rose to prominence, being elected in several positions such as Member of the European Parliament in 2004, to finally succeed to her father at the head of the party in 2011.
Since that, Le Pen has led a movement of "de-demonisation of the National Front" (in reference to her father's nickname "The Devil of the Republic") in order to detoxify it and soften its image. She is considered to be far more republican and democratic than her controversial and nationalist father. Her success is also based on a renovated political speech and a renewed team. She got the best FN score at the 2012 French presidential election and her party have progressed in next elections until shoving the traditional bipartisan between right and left wings in France.
She has been ranked among the most influential people in the 2011 and 2015 Time 100.
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