Marine Le Pen learned of her father’s death during a stopover in Kenya

Jean-Marie Le Pen died at the age of 96 this Tuesday in Garches (Hauts-de-Seine), in an establishment where he had been admitted several weeks ago.

Marine Le Pen learned of the death of her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, during a technical stopover in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday January 7, during the flight which transported her from Mayotte to Paris. The historic leader of the French far right died at the age of 96, his family announced to AFP on Tuesday January 7.

According to the story of our journalist, who was on the same plane as the leader of the RN deputies, it was the journalists who, when they received the first information of the death of the founder of the National Front, informed Marine Le Pen .

“Two hours after leaving Mamoudzou in Mayotte, we made a technical stopover in Nairobi, Kenya. We turned our phones back on at that moment and discovered the AFP alerts indicating the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen.says Pierrick Bonno on franceinfo. We then headed towards the front of the plane where Marine Le Pen’s teams were located and I then showed my phone to her press officer, who was unaware. This person then took a photo of my phone, to show it to Marine Le Pen“.

“There was astonishment in the teams”confirms our journalist. Learning of her father’s death, she got up and went to the cockpit of the plane to “have a network” et “call your loved ones” in France, for around ten minutes, before returning to her seat in business class, visibly very moved, wiping “a few tears“, next to Louis Alliot, mayor of Perpignon and his former companion.

For the moment, she did not wish to speak to journalists. The press service of the former presidential candidate indicates that no speaking engagements, either on this flight or upon arrival in Paris, scheduled for this Tuesday evening around 11 p.m., are currently planned.