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Born: 5 August 1968 · Age: 58
Marine Le Pen is 58 years old as of October 2026. She was born on 5 August 1968.
French politician who led the National Rally and reached the presidential run-off in 2017 and 2022
Did you know?Before entering politics full-time, she spent several years working as a public defender for people who could not afford lawyers.
Marine Le Pen has transformed the French far right. She is the daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the National Front. She took over the party in 2011. She softened its image and renamed it National Rally. She reached the presidential run-off in 2017 and 2022. In 2025 a court banned her from running for office. She is appealing.
Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen (French:; Breton:; born 5 August 1968) is a French lawyer and politician who served as the president of the far-right National Rally (RN; known as the National Front or FN from 1972 to 2018) party from 2011 to 2021.
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French politician, born 1968
Marine Le Pen was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 5 August 1968.
She trained as a lawyer.
She became party leader in 2011.
She reached the presidential run-off in 2017 and 2022.
Career highlights
Did you know?She expelled her own father from the party in 2015.
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