Jean-Marie Le Pen, French anti-immigration leader, ... Le Pen leads a march to the statue of Joan of Arc with his three daughters Marie Caroline, Yann and Marine Le Pen, on May 12, 1985.

Jean-Marie Le Pen and his daughter Marine Le Pen sit at the European Parliament in Strasbourg in 2009. Lionel Cironneau / AP. Le Pen began laying the groundwork for his succession at a party ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Rally party, and father to French political leader Marine Le Pen, has died. He was 96. Le Pen founded National Rally, then called ...

FILE- French far-right Front National leader Marine Le Pen and her father Jean-Marie Le Pen applaud during the 15th congress of the party, in Lyon, central France, Saturday Nov. 29, 2014.

Born in 1928, Jean-Marie Le Pen was thus old enough to have had first-hand knowledge of the Nazi-friendly Vichy regime and remained sympathetic to the collaborationists for the rest of his life.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism, has died. Skip to content. Main Navigation.

Le Pen leads a march to the statue of Joan of Arc with his three daughters Marie Caroline, Yann and Marine Le Pen, on May 12, 1985. (AP Photo/Herve Merliac, File) ...

FILE – Jean Marie Le Pen and his daughters Marine Le Pen, Yann Le Pen and Marie-Caroline Le Pen, in the studio for the filming of L’Heure de Vérité on Oct. 16, 1985 in Paris, France.

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 widespread ...