It is noted that in 2023 he suffered a heart attack and passed away "surrounded by loved ones."
Throughout his life, Le Pen had experiences as a fisherman, miner, surveyor, and a volunteer in the Foreign Legion, as well as being the owner of a record label and later a politician.
According to reports, in 1956 at the age of 27, he was the youngest elected deputy. Le Pen served in both the French and European parliaments, and he left his political career in July 2019 when he turned 91.
In 1972, Le Pen founded the "National Front" as a small far-right group, from which he later ran for the French presidency three times.
As reported by Le Figaro, Le Pen is referred to as "the most controversial contemporary political figure in France" and "a collector of criminal convictions."
He received 28 convictions for his statements regarding the German occupation during World War II, seven of which were for calling the Holocaust "a minor detail," noted Le Parisien.
He also claimed that the Ebola virus could help address demographic issues, among other remarks, for which he was accused of racism and xenophobia.
In 2003, the European Court stripped him of his European Parliament mandate, and in 2010, Jean-Marie Le Pen announced his resignation as party leader, while in August 2015, he was expelled from the "National Front."
His daughter, Marine Le Pen, has led the party since 2011, and in 2022, Jordan Bardella was appointed as the head of the political force.
Marine Le Pen is known for her controversial statements regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. In 2014, she declared that she recognized the results of the so-called referendum in Crimea. For this, the "National Front" received financial rewards from the Russian Federation, reported the French publication Le Monde. Le Pen's party has repeatedly obtained loans from Russian banks in exchange for supporting Russia's policies in Ukraine, and in May 2014, Le Pen called the illegitimate president of the aggressor country, Vladimir Putin, her ally. In June 2023, a special investigation by the French parliament uncovered close ties between Le Pen's party and the Russian Federation.
On July 5, 2024, after the first round of elections for the French parliament, Le Pen stated that the prime minister from her political force would not allow Ukraine to use French long-range weapons to strike Russia.
On September 29, Politico reported that the far-right politician would face trial over the illegal financing of her campaign, which could destroy her presidential ambitions.