Marine Le Pen

**Marine Le Pen** (; born **Marion Anne Perrine Le Pen**; 5 August 1968) is a French politician. She was the leader of the National Front (FN) political party from 2011 until her resignation in 2017. She is a lawyer. She was the youngest daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was leader of FN for many years. She is the aunt of Marion Maréchal-Le Pen.

Le Pen unsuccessfully ran for President of France in the 2017 election, losing to Emmanuel Macron in the second round. She ran again in the 2022 election, advancing again to the second round against Macron and lost. In the legislative elections of 2024, she was elected to the French Parliament in the first round.

## Biography

Marine Le Pen and her family has been the target of an assassination attempt in 1976 when she was 8 years old. She has studied law at Panthéon-Assas University and has become a barrister. She joined the National Front in 1998 and rose to prominence, being elected in several positions such as Member of the European Parliament in 2004, to finally succeed to her father at the head of the party in 2011.

Since that, Le Pen has led a movement of "de-demonisation of the National Front" (in reference to her father's nickname "The Devil of the Republic") in order to detoxify it and soften its image. She is considered to be far more republican and democratic than her controversial and nationalist father. Her success is also based on a renovated political speech and a renewed team. She got the best FN score at the 2012 French presidential election and her party have progressed in next elections until shoving the traditional bipartisan between right and left wings in France.

She has been ranked among the most influential people in the 2011 and 2015 Time 100.

## 2025 embezzlement conviction

On 31 March 2025, 25 National Rally members, including Le Pen, former MEPs, and their assistants were convicted of embezzlement for using European Parliament funds to fund National Rally staff.  The sentences for several MEPs, including Le Pen, included bans on running for political office. This meant Le Pen could not run for president again in 2027.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Marine Le Pen
- **image**: Marine Le Pen 2025 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Le Pen in 2025
- **office**: National Rally group (National Assembly),  Leader of the National Rally
in the French National Assembly
- **term start**: 28 June 2022
- **predecessor**: _Office established_
- **office1**:
for Pas-de-Calais's Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency, 11th constituency
- **term start1**: 18 June 2017
- **predecessor1**: Philippe Kemel
- **office2**: National Rally, President of the National Rally
- **term start2**: 16 January 2011
- **term end2**: 12 September 2021
- **vicepresident2**: Alain Jamet
Louis Aliot
Marie-Christine Arnautu
Jean-François Jalkh
Florian Philippot
Steeve Briois
Jordan Bardella
- **predecessor2**: Jean-Marie Le Pen
- **successor2**: Jordan Bardella
- **office3**: Chair of the Europe of Nations and Freedom group
- **alongside3**: Marcel de Graaff
- **term start3**: 15 June 2015
- **term end3**: 19 June 2017
- **predecessor3**: _Office established_
- **successor3**: Nicolas Bay
- **office4**: Member of the European Parliament
- **term start4**: 14 July 2009
- **term end4**: 18 June 2017
- **constituency4**: North-West France (European Parliament constituency), North-West France
- **term start5**: 20 July 2004
- **term end5**: 13 July 2009
- **constituency5**: Île-de-France (European Parliament constituency), Île-de-France
- **birth name**: Marion Anne Perrine Le Pen
- **birth place**: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
- **party**: National Rally, RN (since 1986)
- **partner**: Louis Aliot (2009–2019)
- **relatives**: Marie-Caroline Le Pen (sister)
Marion Maréchal (niece)
Philippe Olivier (brother-in-law)
Jordan Bardella (nephew-in-law)
Vincenzo Sofo (nephew-in-law)
- **children**: 3
- **alma mater**: Panthéon-Assas University (Master of Laws, LLM, Master of Advanced Studies, DEA)
- **signature**: Marine Le Pen Signature.svg
- **office6**: Regional council (France), Regional Councillor
- **term start6**: 4 January 2016
- **term end6**: 2 July 2021
- **constituency6**: Regional Council of Hauts-de-France, Hauts-de-France
- **term start7**: 26 March 2010
- **term end7**: 13 December 2015
- **constituency7**: Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
- **term start9**: 21 March 1998
- **term end9**: 28 March 2004
- **constituency9**: Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
- **term start8**: 28 March 2004
- **term end8**: 21 March 2010
- **constituency8**: Regional Council of Île-de-France, Île-de-France