5Photo© hindustantimes.comFirebrand Far-Right French Leader Jean-Marie Le Pen Dies Aged 96
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His death was confirmed by his daughter Marine Le Pen's political party, National Rally (Rassemblement National).
Jean-Marie Le Pen spent his life fighting, whether as a soldier in France's colonial wars, as a founder of the far-right National Front party, for which he contested five presidential elections, or in feuds with his daughters and ex-wife, often conducted publicly and furiously.
Controversy was Le Pen's constant companion: accusations of racism and antisemitism dogged the National Front from when he co-founded the party in 1972.
“ A historic figure of the far right, he played a role in the public life of our country for nearly seventy years, which is now a matter for history to judge.
Emmanuel Macron,
Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far right founder, dies aged 96; President…