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Five times a far-right candidate in a presidential election, Le Pen came in fourth place three times in the first round and then, to everyone's surprise, in the second round of the 2002 election. A first in the history of the Fifth Republic. His daughter Marine Le Pen succeeded him in 2011 as president of the party, of which he became honorary president before being expelled. Le Pen was the figurehead of the National Front, an assembly of complex political constellations with sometimes contradictory interests and ideals, but also a link between various families of the far-right, from admirers of Vichy, to fundamentalist Catholics, nationalists, to those nostalgic for French Algeria, to anti-communists or defenders of those left behind by modernity. A coalition that undoubtedly ultimately proved fatal to him in his race for the highest office of the republic. Subscribe to the LCP YouTube channel! https://bit.ly/2XGSAH5 Follow us on social media! Twitter: / lcp Facebook: / lcp Instagram: / lcp_an Find us on our website: https://www.lcp.fr/ #LCP #Documentary