The family of Jean-Marie Le Pen announced his death at the age of 96, this Tuesday, January 7, 2025. The opportunity to take an interest in the two women in his life: Pierrette, his first wife and mother of his three daughters, as well as Jany, his last wife.
This Tuesday, January 7, AFP announced the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen. Information reported by the politician’s family. The former president of the National Front retired from politics in 2011 and had since withdrawn from his commitments. He left his mark on French politics with his controversial positions, his outbursts but also with numerous provocations.. Over the years, the Le Pen family has established itself in the French political landscape, with Jean-Marie Le Pen notably handing over to his daughter, Marine Le Pen, representative of the party renamed the National Rally.
In addition to his professional career, Jean-Marie Le Pen has built a family. He was married twice. His first marriage, in 1960, to Pierrette Lalanne, lasted almost three decades. Together, they had three daughters: Marie-Caroline, born in 1960, Yann, born in 1963 and Marine Le Pen, born in 1968. Pierrette Le Pen comes from a bourgeois family from the South-West of France. During her union with Jean-Marie Le Pen, she was regularly seen at his side during political performances.
Pierrette Le Pen, between accusations and provocations
Eventually, in 1972, Pierrette Le Pen filed for divorce for the first time before retracting and finally leaving the marital home in 1984. Relations between the two former spouses will then deteriorate and their separation will be highly publicized. At the time, Pierrette Le Pen accuses politician of anti-Semitism and racism. Comments which will subsequently be contradicted by their three daughters in a press release. In the middle of a breakup, Pierrette Le Pen, then in disagreement with her husband over alimony, pose for the magazine Playboy as a maid after the clear statements of Jean-Marie Le Pen : “If she needs money, all she has to do is clean.” he said. The divorce was finally finalized in 1987.
Jean-Marie Le Pen: who is Jany Paschos, his last wife?
Four years after his divorce, Jean-Marie Le Pen rebuilt his life with Jany Paschos. The couple met at a party hosted by the socialite. Together, they settled at the Le Pen family estate in Montretout. If Jany Le Pen has always walked in the shadow of her husband, she has never hidden her support in the presidential and European campaigns of Jean-Marie Le Pen. In 2021, the couple sealed their love by getting married religiously. Their union lasted until the politician’s death.
