Le Pen family

This article is about the National Front of France's founding political family. For other people, see Le Pen (disambiguation).

Le Pen family
Political family
Place of origin	Brittany
Members	Jean-Marie Le Pen Marie-Caroline Le Pen Marine Le Pen Marion Maréchal-Le Pen
Distinctions	Political prominence
Traditions	Roman Catholicism

Le Pen (French: [lə pɛn]) is a prominent political family of France. Le Pen is a Breton surname meaning "the head", "the chief" or "the peninsula". 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 (2011–2022).

Jean-Marie Le Pen

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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

Vladimir

Carla

Mathieu Décosse (1983) married 2014-2016

Marion Maréchal (1989)

Vincenzo Sofo (1986) married since 2021

Romain

Tanguy

Olympe (2014)

Clotilde (2022)

Marie-Caroline Le Pen

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Philippe Olivier (1961) married

Marie-Caroline Le Pen (1960)

Jean-Pierre Gendron married ?-?

Pierre Olivier

Nolwenn Olivier

Jordan 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)
• Vincenzo Sofo (1986), husband of Marion Maréchal: leader of The Right's youth wing in the Milan area (2007–2009), co-founder of the think tank IlTalebano.com, councilor of the 6th Municipality of Milan (2011–2016), Member of the European Parliament (2020–)
• 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; 2020–), 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
• Jordan Bardella (1995), son-in-law of Marie-Caroline Le Pen: Member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France (2016–), National Director of Génération Nation (2018–2022), President of National Rally (2022–)

See also

• Politics of France