French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen buried at family-only funeral

FRANCE 24

11 January 2025 at 2:44 am·1-min read

France's far-right Front National (FN) party founder and former leader Jean-Marie Le Pen gestures as he speaks during an interview at his house in Saint-Cloud outside Paris on January 9, 2019.

Far-right firebrand and co-founder of France's anti-immigration National Front movement Jean-Marie Le Pen was buried Saturday at a strictly family-only funeral after his death earlier this week aged 96.

The private funeral for the co-founder of the main French postwar far-right movement Jean-Marie Le Pen took place on Saturday amid heightened security after his death aged 96 exposed polarising attitudes toward a figure who for decades shook and shocked the country.

The funeral in his hometown of La Trinite-sur-Mer in the western Brittany region began in the presence of his daughter Marine Le Pen, who took over her polarising father's political mantle, other family members and close friends.

Authorities beefed up security ahead of the ceremony, with barriers erected around the cemetery and dozens of police mobilised.

Security was tightened and protests banned after hundreds took to the streets in Paris and other cities to pop champagne corks and celebrate Le Pen's death on Tuesday.

"He was a joyful comrade!"

'He loved France'

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