(Bloomberg) -- Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s National ... Since then, he largely remained outside of the public eye. For a criminal trial that started in 2024 over the party ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of the far-right National Front ... No stranger to violence, he reputedly lost an eye in one of several anti-communist street brawls during his youthful student days ...

Le Pen, who lost his left eye in 1965 while hammering a tent stake, for years wore a black eye patch that became a symbol of his combative persona. He was a constant force in French political life ...