Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time' ...

Jean-Marie Le ... reported on Tuesday. Le Pen rocked France's political establishment when he unexpectedly reached the presidential election run-off vote against Jacques Chirac in 2002.

Jean-Marie Le Pen was a polarising figure in French politics known for his fiery rhetoric that included Holocaust denial.

FILE - Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie ... Europe and beyond. Le Pen — who reached the second round of the 2002 presidential election that Jacques Chirac went on to ...

(Bloomberg) -- Jean-Marie Le Pen ... Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, propelling Le Pen into a runoff against President Jacques Chirac. The French political establishment closed ranks ...

French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has died aged ... He reached the presidential election-run off against Jacques Chirac in 2002. Le Pen's daughter, Marine, took over as party chief ...