By Lucie Grondin
Published
January 7 at 2:26 p.m.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen died at the age of 96, this Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Currently on the plane, returning from his trip to Mayotte, how did his daughter Marine Le Pen learn of the disappearance of the founder of the National Front?
Jean-Marie Le Pen died this Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at the age of 96. The announcement of his disappearance was made by his family to AFP. His daughter, Marine Le Pen, who was traveling to Mayotte, learned of her father’s death on the plane. According to information from BFMTV journalist Sophie Dupont, who follows the politician’s trip overseas, explained that the news broke during a technical stopover in Nairobi, Kenya. At that moment, all the journalists on the plane turned their phones back on and saw the AFP alert. They quickly asked for confirmation from Marine Le Pen’s press secretary. The latter then took Jean-Marie Le Pen’s daughter aside to tell her the bad news. The founder of the National Front and Marine Le Pen have long had a very complicated relationship.
Marine Le Pen then isolated herself at the front of the plane to make phone calls. The BFMTV journalist assumes that she called her family to confirm the bad news and also to speak with her loved ones. In addition, Sophie Dupont revealed that the politician is not alone. After returning to her seat, she found herself with Louis Aliot, her former companion, and one of her collaborators present during the trip to Mayotte. At 1:25 p.m., the plane had not yet taken off and it is due to land in Paris at 11 p.m. this evening. We will surely have to wait until this evening or tomorrow to have a statement from Marine Le Pen on the disappearance of her father.
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The emblematic figure of the extreme right left us after “six decades of active political struggle”explains the press release from the National Rally. “Jean-Marie Le Pen, surrounded by his family, was called back to God this Tuesday at noon”announces his family in the press release sent to AFP. A controversial figure and often at the heart of controversies, even within his own party and his family, Jean-Marie Le Pen was the last living deputy of the Fourth Republic. In 1956, he was elected the youngest MP in 1956.
Article written with the collaboration of 6Médias.
