Marion Maréchal
French politician (born 1989) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marion Jeanne Caroline Maréchal (French pronunciation: [maʁjɔ̃ maʁeʃal]; née Le Pen, born 10 December 1989), known as Marion Maréchal-Le Pen from 2010 to 2018, is a French far-right politician, part of the Le Pen family, granddaughter of National Front (renamed National Rally in 2018) founder Jean-Marie Le Pen and niece of its current leader Marine Le Pen.
Marion Maréchal | |
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Executive Vice President of Reconquête | |
Assumed office 19 April 2022 | |
Preceded by | Jérôme Rivière |
Member of the National Assembly for Vaucluse's 3rd constituency | |
In office 20 June 2012 – 20 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Michel Ferrand |
Succeeded by | Brune Poirson |
Personal details | |
Born | Marion Jeanne Caroline Le Pen (1989-12-10) 10 December 1989 (age 34) Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France |
Political party | Reconquête (since 2022) |
Other political affiliations | Front National (2008–2019) |
Spouses | |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Jean-Marie Le Pen (grandfather) Pierrette Le Pen (grandmother) Marine Le Pen (aunt) Philippe Olivier (uncle) |
Residence | Saint-Cloud |
Alma mater | Panthéon-Assas University |
Occupation | Politician, educationist |
She is a former member of the National Front and served as the member of the National Assembly for the 3rd constituency of Vaucluse from 2012 to 2017. Aged 22 years at the time of her election, she became France's youngest parliamentarian in modern political history. After the 2015 regional election, for which she received the best result for a FN candidate, she became the Leader of the Opposition in the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
In 2017, she did not seek reelection as a member of the National Assembly and resigned as a regional councillor. She is currently involved in the education sector with her private school, the Institut des sciences sociales, économiques et politiques (ISSEP).