NAME: Le Pen, Jean-Marie.

FRANCE

POLITICAL GROUP: Non-attached (NI).

PARTY: Front national.

CONSTITUENCY: Sud-Est.

DATE OF LATEST ELECTION: 2009.

Committees: Member of the Committee on International Trade; Member of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Co-operation Committee; Substitute, Committee on Foreign Affairs; Substitute, Delegation for Relations with Canada.

Political Career: Founding President of the National Front; Member of the Municipal Council of the 20th Arrondissement of Paris 1983; Member of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Council; Member of the National Assembly 1956 and 1986; Chairman of the National Front Group in the National Assembly 1986; Member of the European Parliament 1984-2003.

Profession: Director of a Research and Public Relations Company 1983-1985.

Titles/honours/decorations: Cross for Military Valour; Colonial Medal; Commemorative Medals (Indo-China, Algeria, Egypt).

Education: Degree in Law and Higher Degree in Politics.

Born: 20 June 1928, La Trinité-sur-Mer, Morbihan.