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

Mr Le Pen's long political career was all about belligerence, anger, regret and scapegoats - but it would be wrong to write him off as merely an agitator.

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

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.

(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 ...