Le Pen family
Political family
Place of originBrittany
MembersJean-Marie Le Pen
Marine Le Pen
Marion Maréchal-Le Pen
DistinctionsPolitical prominence
TraditionsRoman Catholicism

The Le Pen family is a prominent political family of France. Le Pen is a Breton surname meaning "the head", "the chief" or "the peninsula".[1] The family has led the National Rally party (formerly the National Front) since its inception in 1972, first under Jean-Marie Le Pen (1972–2011) and subsequently under his daughter Marine Le Pen.

History

Jean-Marie Le Pen

Family tree

Jean Le Pen
(1901-1942)
Anne-Marie Le Pen née Hervé
(1904-1965)
Pierrette Le Pen née Lalanne (1935)
married 1960-1987
Jean Marie Le Pen (1928)Jany Le Pen née Paschos (1932)
married since 1991
Jean Garnier (†)
Jany's ex-husband, 1953-1984
Belgian financier
Marie-Caroline Le Pen (1960)Yann Le Pen (1963)Marine Le Pen (1968)

Marine Le Pen

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Lorrain de Saint Affrique (1952)
partner 1984
Franck Chauffroy
married 1997-2000
Marine Le Pen (1968)Éric Iorio
married 2002-2006
Louis Aliot (1969)
partner 2009-2019
Jehanne (1998)Louis (1999)Mathilde (1999)

Marion Maréchal

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Didier Zink (1950)
married 1987-?
Roger Auque (1956-2014)
partner c. 1989
Yann Le Pen (1963)Samuel Maréchal (1967)
married 1993-2007
VladimirCarlaMathieu Décosse (1983)
married 2014-2016
Marion Maréchal (1989)RomainTanguy
Olympe (2014)

Marie-Caroline Le Pen

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Philippe Olivier (1961)
married
Marie-Caroline Le Pen (1960)Jean-Pierre Gendron
married ?-?
Pierre OlivierNolwenn OlivierJordan Bardella
partner

Members

  • Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928): Leader of the National Front (1972-2011), Candidate for the French presidential elections (1974, 1988, 1995, 2002 and 2007), Member of the European Parliament (1984-2019), Regional Councillor of Île-de-France (1986–1992), Regional Councillor of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (1992–2015), Leader of the Comités Jeanne (2016-since), Leader of the Blue, White and Red Rally (2015-since), Honorary President of the National Front (2011-since), Member of the National Assembly (1956-1962), City councillor for the 20th arrondissement of Paris (1983)
  • Pierrette Le Pen (1935), former spouse of Jean-Marie Le Pen (1960-1987): Candidate for the French municipal elections (2014)
  • Marine Le Pen (1968), third daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen: Member of the European Parliament (2004-since), Leader of the National Front (2011-since), Candidate for the French presidential elections (2012 and 2017)
  • Louis Aliot (1969), partner of Marine Le Pen (since 2009): Vice President of the National Front (2011-since), Regional councillor of Midi-Pyrénées (1998–2010), Municipal councillor of Perpignan (2008-2009, 2014-since), Regional councillor of Languedoc-Roussillon (2010-2015), Member of the European Parliament (2014-2017), Member of the National Assembly (2017-since), Candidate for the French cantonal election (2011), Candidate for the European Parliament election (2009)
  • Lorrain de Saint Affrique (1952), partner of Marine Le Pen (1984): communications manager (1984-1994), Regional councillor of Languedoc-Roussillon (1992-1998, defector in 1994), General Secretary of the Comités Jeanne (2016-since)
  • Samuel Maréchal (1967), spouse of Yann Le Pen (1993-2007): campaign manager (1991), director of the youth wing (1992-1999), Regional councillor of Loire (1998-2010)
  • Marion Maréchal (1989), granddaughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, daughter of Yann Le Pen and Samuel Maréchal (adopted): Member of the French National Assembly (2012–2017), Regional councillor of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (2015-2020, resigned in 2017)
  • Roger Auque (1956-2014), partner of Yann Le Pen: Municipal councillor of Paris (2008-2009), Ambassador to Eritrea (2009-2012)
  • Philippe Olivier (1961), spouse of Marie Caroline Le Pen: Regional Councillor of Île-de-France (1992–2004), Candidate for the French legislative elections (1993, 1997 and 2017), Candidate for the French municipal elections (2011)
  • Marie-Caroline Le Pen (1960), daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen: Regional Councillor of Île-de-France (1992–2004), Former member of the Central Committee of the National Front, Candidate for the French legislative elections (1997), Candidate for the French regional elections (1998), married Philippe Olivier

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See also

References

  1. LE PEN, Breton Retrieved on 5 Feb 2018


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