Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time' ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen gestures as he delivers a ... was eventually estranged from his daughter, Marine Le Pen. Ms Le Pen renamed his National Front party, kicked him out and transformed it into ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the rabble-rousing former far-right ... Aided by her father, Marine, the youngest daughter, would succeed him at the party’s helm more than two decades later, ensuring that ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, who has died aged 96 ... he was expelled from the National Front by its new leader – his daughter from his first marriage, Marine Le Pen – for restating his views about ...

A polarising figure in French politics, his controversial statements led to multiple convictions and strained his political ...

between the senior members and MPs who joined the party out of admiration for Jean-Marie Le Pen and those who only joined after he was excluded from the party by his daughter. Like what happened ...

Image: Jean-Marie Le Pen and his daughter Marine Le Pen in 2012. Pic: Reuters Their mother, Pierrette, separated from Le Pen because of his extreme views. He refused to pay alimony saying that "if ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s ... was eventually estranged from his daughter, Marine Le Pen, who renamed his National Front party, kicked him out and transformed it into one of ...

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France ... victory — was eventually estranged from his daughter Marine Le Pen. She renamed his National Front party, ousted him and transformed ...

JEAN-Marie Le Pen, the nationalist founder of ... Le Pen 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 ...