France: Jean-Marie Le Pen hospitalized after suffering a “mild heart attack”, according to his relatives

The former president of the party French of the far-right National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, was hospitalized on Saturday after a “mild heart attack,” his relatives reported.

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“Jean Marie Le Pen He was hospitalized in a public facility in the Paris region. His family and those close to him are concerned but calm, “said his adviser Lorrain de Saint Affrique, who pointed out that he is” conscious “and accompanied by him.

Jean-Marie Le Pen founded the National Front in 1972, which became a National Group and has been led since November by his daughter Marine, who came second in the 2022 presidential elections (41.5%) against the current president, Emmanuel Macron.

His 94-year-old father has been hospitalized several times in recent years. In February 2022, he was hospitalized for a mild cardiovascular accident.

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He contested the presidency five times, reaching the second round in 2002 when he lost to the former president. Jacques Chirac.

The former paratrooper spent decades seeking to stir up anger at immigration, and his political career declined after more than half a century in which his open racism led him to be known as the “Devil of the Republic.”

His daughter Marine has tried to clean up the image of the party and expelled him in 2015 for his declaration that the Holocaust was just a detail in history.

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Born in the western port of La Trinite sur Mer on June 20, 1928, Le Pen participated in the colonial wars in Algeria and Vietnam.

He became the youngest legislator in France when he was elected to Parliament at the age of 27.

In recent years, he has made fewer public appearances and has expressed no remorse for his controversial comments in the past.

Source: Elcomercio

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