Party: | FN/RN (1975–1998; 2016–present) |
Parliament: | European |
Birth Date: | 23 January 1960 |
Birth Place: | Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
Nationality: | French |
Spouse: | |
Occupation: | Real estate agent • politician |
Otherparty: | MNR (1998–2000) Independent (2000–2016) |
Relatives: | Marine Le Pen (sister) Marion Maréchal (niece) Jordan Bardella (son-in-law) Vincenzo Sofo (nephew-in-law) Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour (godfather) Jacques Dominati (godfather) |
Office1: | Member of the |
Termstart1: | 2 July 2021 |
President1: | Valérie Pécresse |
Termstart2: | 22 March 1992 |
Termend2: | 28 March 2004 |
President2: | Michel Giraud Jean-Paul Huchon |
Marie-Caroline Le Pen (born 23 January 1960) is a French politician and member of the Le Pen family.
The eldest of the three daughters of Jean-Marie Le Pen and his first wife Pierrette Lalanne, she became involved in the National Front (FN) in her youth. She was regional councilor for Île-de-France from 1992 to 2004.[1]
When the FN split in 1998, she followed Bruno Mégret to the National Republican Movement (MNR) with her husband, Philippe Olivier. After a break up with her family, she became closer to her sister Marine Le Pen in the end of the 2000s, finally returning to the FN in 2016. She was re-elected to the Île-de-France regional council in 2021.[2]
In the 2024 legislative elections, Marie-Caroline Le Pen ran in the fourth constituency of Sarthe, the former constituency François Fillon, who was Prime Minister of France between 2007 and 2012.[3] She lost to Élise Leboucher by 225 votes.[4]