Marine Le Pen
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Marine Le Pen MEP |
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| Leader of the National Front | |
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Assumed office 16 January 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Marie Le Pen |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 14 July 2009 |
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| Constituency | North-West France |
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In office 20 July 2004 – 13 July 2009 |
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| Constituency | Île-de-France |
| Regional Councillor | |
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Assumed office 26 March 2010 |
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| Constituency | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
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In office 28 March 2004 – 21 March 2010 |
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| Constituency | Île-de-France |
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In office 15 March 1998 – 28 March 2004 |
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| Constituency | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Municipal Councillor | |
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In office 23 March 2008 – 24 February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Hénin-Beaumont |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Marion Anne Perrine Le Pen 5 August 1968 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Political party | National Front (1986–present) |
| Spouse(s) |
Franck Chauffroy (m. 1995; div. 2000) Eric Lorio (m. 2002; div. 2006) |
| Domestic partner | Louis Aliot (2009–present) |
| Relations |
Jean-Marie Le Pen (father) Marion Maréchal-Le Pen (niece) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Panthéon-Assas University |
| Website | Official website |
Marion Anne Perrine Le Pen, known as Marine Le Pen (French pronunciation: [ma.ʁin lə.pɛn]; born 5 August 1968), is a French attorney and politician. She is the president of the National Front (FN), a political party in France. She is the youngest daughter of long-time FN leader Jean-Marie Le Pen and the aunt of FN MP Marion Maréchal-Le Pen.
Le Pen joined the National Front in 1986 and has been elected as a regional councillor (1998–present), a Member of European Parliament (2004–present), and a municipal councillor in Hénin-Beaumont (2008-2011). She was a candidate for the leadership of the FN in 2011 and won with 67.65% (11,546 votes) of the vote, defeating her opponent Bruno Gollnisch and succeeding her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, president of the party for nearly forty years. She then became the second president of the party. In 2012, she placed third in the presidential election with 17.90% of the vote, behind François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy. She launched a second presidential bid for the upcoming election, scheduled for April 2017.
Described as more democratic and republican than her nationalist father, Le Pen has led a movement of "de-demonization of the Front National" to detoxify it and soften its image, based on renovated positions and renewed teams, also expelling controversial members accused of racism, antisemitism, or pétainism. She finally expelled her father from the party on 20 August 2015 after new controversial statements.
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