The National Rally, known as the National Front from 1972 to 2018, is a French far-right political party, described as right-wing populist and nationalist. It is the single largest parliamentary oppos
Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the National Front from 1972 to 2011
Bruno Mégret and his faction broke out from the FN to form the MNR party.
Logo for Le Pen's 2002 presidential campaign
National advertisement in Marseille for Le Pen's 2007 presidential bid
Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen is a French lawyer and politician who served as the president of the far-right National Rally party from 2011 to 2021. She ran for the French presidency in the 2012
National Rally
…2002 presidential election, Jean-Marie Le Pen advanced to the second round but finished a distant second in the runoff to Jacques Chirac. His daughter Marine Le Pen was elected to succeed him as party leader in 2012. Jordan Bardella assumed the leadership in 2022. The party has seen an increase in its popularity…
Marine Le Pen in the traditional Jeanne d'Arc march, 3 May 2007
Supporters of Marine Le Pen in 2011
Marine Le Pen during her presidential campaign, on 15 April 2012