Death of Jean-Marie Le Pen: his daughter Marine breaks the silence

Following the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen has broken her silence. On social media, the politician paid tribute to her father on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.

© AGENCY/BESTIMAGE Marine Le Pen has broken her silence after her father's death.

IN BRIEF

• Marine Le Pen paid tribute to her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died on January 7, 2025 at the age of 96;
• She learned the news during a stopover in Nairobi, while she was on her way to Mayotte after the cyclone Chido;
• Discover the moving reactions of the Le Pen family to this loss.

Marine Le Pen has finally broken her silence. One day after the announcement of her father's death, the politician broke the ice. On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, she posted a message on his social network X declaring: “A venerable age had taken the warrior but had given us back our father. Death has come to take him back from us. Many people he loves are waiting for him up there. Many people who love him mourn him here below. Fair winds, fair seas, Dad!” A sober tribute to the creator of the National Front.

It should be noted that it was during a technical stopover in Nairobi (Kenya) on the Air Austral plane that Marine Le Pen learned of her father's death. While she was on a trip to Mayotte for several days after the devastating passage of Cyclone Chido, the latter was alerted by AFP journalists. Saddened by the news, the leader of the National Rally had kept silent until then, making only a few calls on the plane. “Then she returned to her place, tears in her eyes, silent,” a witness confided to Le Parisien.

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Death of Jean-Marie Le Pen: a family in mourning

For her part, Jean-Marie Le Pen's other daughter also addressed a few words on the networks following the death of her father. “From this sorrow, you will not be able to console me. À God Papa.” wrote Marie-Caroline Le Pen. The latter had tried a political career in the July legislative elections.

Marion Maréchal, granddaughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, also published a long message. “Daddy, don't worry: the mission that you entrusted to me 13 years ago with your letter, I have not forgotten it (…) Throughout your life, you have inspired hundreds of thousands of vocations. You have allowed, for a long time alone against all, that millions of French people are once again proud of themselves and of their country. Thank you for all that. Go away in peace, I won't abandon the mission.” she shared.

Death of Jean-Marie Le Pen: who is his widow Jany ?

As a reminder, Jean-Marie Le Pen died at the age of 96 on January 7, 2025. The controversial politician leaves behind his widow Jany. For more than thirty years, Jean-Marie Le Pen had been in perfect love with Jany Paschos. It was on January 16, 2021 that the couple got married religiously during a ceremony celebrated by Father Philippe Laguérie. They met in 1985 and said “I do” in a civil ceremony on May 31, 1991 in Reuil-Malmaison. According to his last wishes, Jean-Marie Le Pen should be buried at La Trinité-sur-Mer (Morbihan), where his parents rest.