Rabble-rousing co-founder of French National Front

It changed its name, from National Front to National Rally. And the party — long run by Mr. Le Pen, who called Hitler’s gas chambers “a detail” of history — has made a point of decrying ...
A few months later she changed the National Front name to National Rally as part of her strategy to renew the party’s image. Her father called it the “toughest blow” the party had faced ...
National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, left, pats a horse ridden by Francoise, posing as Joan of Arc, on Thursday, May 1, 1997, during a party rally. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz) The ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French far-right nationalist party formerly known as the National Front and a controversial ...