Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founding father of France’s far-right Nationwide Rally social gathering, has died on the age of 96.
He had been in a care facility for a number of weeks.
Recognized for his inflammatory rhetoric, he campaigned 5 occasions for the presidency, reaching the second spherical in 2002 and stunning Europe. He opposed immigration, same-sex marriage, and abortion, whereas advocating for the dying penalty and renegotiating European treaties. Controversial remarks, together with calling Nazi gasoline chambers a “element” of historical past, earned him a status as a bigot. His daughter Marine Le Pen later led the social gathering, clashing with him over his anti-Semitism. Le Pen was suspended in 2015, marking the decline of his affect.
Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler appears to be like again on his life and profession.
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