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[[File:399px-Le Pen Marine-9586.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Marine Le Pen]]

[[File:399px-Le Pen Marine-9586.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Marine Le Pen]]

'''Marine Le Pen''' (5 August, 1968) is a [[Euroskeptic]] French politician and the president of the [[National Rally (France)]]. She has run twice to be French president, and although unsuccessful both times, she received high percentages of the vote for an nationalist candidate.

'''Marine Le Pen''' (August 5, 1968) is a [[Euroskeptic]] French politician and the president of the [[National Rally (France)|National Rally]]. She has run twice to be French president, and although unsuccessful both times, she received high percentages of the vote for a nationalist candidate.

As the nominee in 2017 for President of France she won 34% of the vote in the election. After the election she changed the [[Cold War]]-era name of the Front National to the less militant sounding National Rally. She has similarities to [[Donald Trump]] in standing up against the [[Establishment]] and putting her country first.

As the nominee in 2017 for President of France, she won 34% of the vote in the election. After the election, she changed the [[Cold War]]-era name of the Front National to the less militant sounding National Rally. She has similarities to [[Donald Trump]] in standing up against the [[Establishment]] and putting her country first.

In 2015 as president of the party, Marine fired her father [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]], the founder of the FN from any position or leadership. She has led a movement of "de-demonization of the Front National" with renovated positions and new ideas, purging members accused of Petainism, racism, and antisemitism. [[Henri Petain|Marshall Petain]], a hero of the [[First World War]], headed the unoccupied, fascist [[Vichy regime]] during the [[Second World War]].

In 2015 as president of the party, Marine fired her father [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]], the founder of the FN from any position or leadership. She has led a movement of "de-demonization of the Front National" with renovated positions and new ideas, purging members accused of Petainism, racism, and antisemitism. [[Henri Petain|Marshall Petain]], a hero of the [[First World War]], headed the unoccupied, fascist [[Vichy regime]] during the [[Second World War]].

==Administrative positions==

==Administrative positions==

Ms. Le Pen was born on 5 August 1968. She graduated with a lawyer's diploma in 1992 and from 1998 to 2004 lead the legal service of the FN. From 2000 onwards she was a member of the political bureau of the FN, and in the 2003 FN congress in Nice, was elected as one of the 8 vice-presidents. In 2007, she was the strategy advisor for the presidential campaign of Mr Le Pen in the 2007 French presidential elections.  

Ms. Le Pen was born on 5 August 1968. She graduated with a lawyer's diploma in 1992 and from 1998 to 2004 lead the legal service of the FN. From 2000 onwards she was a member of the political bureau of the FN, and in the 2003 FN congress in Nice, was elected as one of the 8 vice-presidents. In 2007, she was the strategy advisor for the presidential campaign of Mr. Le Pen in the 2007 French presidential elections.  

In 2003 she became the chairwoman of the ''Generations Le Pen'' organization, a youth organization of the FN to promote the thought and works of Jean-Marie Le Pen.  

In 2003 she became the chairwoman of the ''Generations Le Pen'' organization, a youth organization of the FN to promote the thought and works of Jean-Marie Le Pen.  

===Earlier elections===

===Earlier elections===

She was elected to the European parliament in the 2004 European elections. In 2004 she ran for office in the Ile-De-France in the Regional elections, getting into the second round with 11%. She has also run for the legislative seat representing the city of Henin-Beaumont in the Nord Pas De Calais area in France in the legislative elections of 2002 and 2007. She got into the second round in the 2007 June legislative elections, and Ms. Le Pen gained 42% of the vote, the best result of the FN in the legislative elections of 2007, the only FN candidate to get into the second round. She was a candidate in Henin-Beaumont for the municipal elections in March 2008.  

She was elected to the European Parliament in the 2004 European elections. In 2004 she ran for office in the Ile-De-France in the Regional elections, getting into the second round with 11%. She has also run for the legislative seat representing the city of Henin-Beaumont in the Nord Pas De Calais area in France in the legislative elections of 2002 and 2007. She got into the second round in the 2007 June legislative elections, and Ms. Le Pen gained 42% of the vote, the best result of the FN in the legislative elections of 2007, the only FN candidate to get into the second round. She was a candidate in Henin-Beaumont for the municipal elections in March 2008.  

===2012 presidential election===

===2012 presidential election===