PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried Saturday in a private family ceremony in his hometown ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of far-right party in France, dies at 96 The frequent presidential contender was twice convicted of dismissing the Nazi gas chambers as a “minor point” in World War II.

Le Pen was convicted numerous times of antisemitism, discrimination and inciting racial violence. But the nativist ideas that propelled his popularity remain ascendant in today's France and beyond.

Jean-Marie Le Pen Died Knowing His Extremist Far-Right Politics Have Been Successfully Mainstreamed Jean-Marie Le Pen in 1985. (Photo by Dominique GUTEKUNST/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) ...

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 ...

By founding the National Front in 1972 — which has since been rebranded and is led by his daughter Marine Le Pen — Jean-Marie Le Pen ushered in a new brand of extreme-right politics. His legacy ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96 Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist in Paris in 2017.

French Far-Right Firebrand Jean-Marie Le Pen Dies at 96 The founder of France's National Rally party, and father of Marine Le Pen, pioneered Trump-style populist, anti-immigrant politics.

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 ...