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Jean-Marie Le Pen

Born: 20-Jun-1928
Birthplace: La Trinité-sur-Mer, France

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician

Nationality: France
Executive summary: French nationalist

Military service: French Foreign Legion (1954-55)

In 1956, Le Pen became the youngest member of the National Assembly when he won election as a member of Pierre Poujade's political movement. In 1972, Le Pen split off and formed the neo-fascist, anti-immigration National Front party. In 2002, he actually won 18% of the presidential vote, but was crushed in the subsequent runoff election by Jacques Chirac.

First wife Pierrette went on to pose naked for Playboy two years after their divorce.

Father: Jean (d., blown up by a British mine)
Mother: Anne-Marie Hervé
Wife: Pierrette Lalanne (m. 29-Jun-1960, div. 1984, 3 daughters)
Daughter: Marie-Caroline (by Pierrette)
Daughter: Yann (by Pierrette)
Daughter: Marine Le Pen (by Pierrette)
Wife: Jeanne-Marie Paschos ("Jany", m. 31-May-1991)

    University: University of Paris

    Defaming the Memory of the Dead 1987
    Missing Eye lost in a brawl (1956)
    French Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Homophobia



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