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Marion Maréchal
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Official portrait, 2024
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 |
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| Constituency | France |
| Member of the National Assembly for Vaucluse's 3rd constituency |
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| In office 20 June 2012 – 20 June 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Michel Ferrand |
| Succeeded by | Brune Poirson |
| Executive Vice President of Reconquête | |
| In office 19 April 2022 – 12 June 2024 |
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| President | Éric Zemmour |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Marion Jeanne Caroline Le Pen
10 December 1989 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France |
| Political party | Identity–Liberties (since 2024) |
| Other political affiliations |
National Rally (2008–2019) Reconquête (2022–2024) Independent member of European Conservatives and Reformists (2024) |
| Spouses |
Matthieu Decosse
(m. 2014; div. 2016)Vincenzo Sofo
(m. 2021) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Relatives | Jean-Marie Le Pen (grandfather) Pierrette Le Pen (grandmother) Marine Le Pen (aunt) Marie-Caroline Le Pen (aunt) Philippe Olivier (uncle) Jordan Bardella (cousin-in-law) |
| Residence | Saint-Cloud |
| Alma mater | Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University |
| Occupation | |
Marion Jeanne Caroline Maréchal (born 10 December 1989) is a French politician. Since July 2024, she has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). She is from the famous Le Pen family. Her grandfather, Jean-Marie Le Pen, founded the National Rally political party, and her aunt is Marine Le Pen, another important political leader.
From 2012 to 2017, Maréchal was a member of the National Assembly, which is a part of the French Parliament. She was elected when she was only 22 years old. This made her the youngest member of parliament in France's modern history.
In 2017, she took a break from politics. She started a private school called the Institut des sciences sociales, économiques et politiques (ISSEP). She returned to politics in 2022 to join the Reconquête party. She was the party's main candidate for the 2024 European Parliament election. However, she was removed from the party in June 2024.
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Family and Personal Life
Marion Maréchal was born on 10 December 1989, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a town near Paris, France.
Her family is well-known in French politics. Her grandfather, Jean-Marie Le Pen, started the National Front party (now called National Rally). Her aunt, Marine Le Pen, later became the party's leader. Maréchal's mother is Yann Le Pen. Her biological father was the journalist Roger Auque, and she was raised by her legal father, Samuel Maréchal.
Maréchal married Matthieu Decosse in 2014, and they had a daughter together. They divorced in 2016. In 2021, she married Vincenzo Sofo, an Italian politician. They have one daughter, born in 2022.
Education
Before becoming a full-time politician, Maréchal studied public business law at Panthéon-Assas University. In 2012, she decided to pause her studies to focus on her work in the National Assembly.
After leaving politics in 2017, she went back to school. She earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Emlyon Business School.
Political Career
Maréchal says she became interested in politics when she was about 15 years old. She joined her grandfather's political party, the National Front (FN), when she was 18.
Getting Started in Politics
In 2008, Maréchal ran for a local position in the town of Saint-Cloud but was not elected. In 2010, she ran for a seat on the regional council for the Île-de-France region, which includes Paris. She was also not elected then.
Youngest Member of Parliament
In 2012, Maréchal ran for a seat in the National Assembly, representing an area in the Vaucluse department of southern France. On 17 June 2012, she won the election. At just 22 years old, she became the youngest person in modern French history to be elected to the National Assembly.
She and Gilbert Collard were the first members of the National Front to win seats in the Assembly since 1997. After her election, she became a member of her party's executive board.
Regional Elections in 2015
In 2015, Maréchal was chosen as the lead candidate for her party in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France. This election took place one month after the terrorist attacks in Paris.
In the first round of voting, she received 40.55% of the vote, the highest of any candidate in the region. To try and stop her from winning, the Socialist party candidate quit the race. This helped the other main candidate, Christian Estrosi, win in the final round. Even though she lost, Maréchal got 45.22% of the vote, which was the best result for any National Front candidate in the country.
Break from Politics
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In 2018, Maréchal founded a private school in Lyon called the Institut des sciences sociales, économiques et politiques (ISSEP).
During her break from politics, she attended a convention in Paris in 2019 with the political writer Éric Zemmour. The event was about bringing different right-wing groups in France together.
Return to Politics
Maréchal officially returned to politics in March 2022. She announced her support for Éric Zemmour in the 2022 French presidential election.
She was the main candidate for Zemmour's Reconquête party in the European Parliament election on 9 June 2024, and she won a seat. Just a few days later, on 12 June 2024, Zemmour removed her from the party. This happened after she encouraged voters to support National Rally candidates in the French legislative election.
After leaving Reconquête, she joined the European Conservatives and Reformists, a political group in the European Parliament. In October 2024, she announced she was creating a new political party called Identity–Liberties.
Political Views
Maréchal's political views are generally considered to be on the right wing of French politics. She is often seen as more conservative than her aunt, Marine Le Pen.
Social Issues
Maréchal has strong views on French culture and identity. She believes that to be French, Muslims should adopt the country's culture, which has been shaped by Christianity.
She does not support bringing back the death penalty. Instead, she supports life imprisonment with no chance of being released for the most serious crimes.
Some people, like the American politician Sarah Palin, have praised her for her conservative beliefs. Political strategist Steve Bannon called her a "rising star."
Foreign Policy
While in the National Assembly, Maréchal was a member of groups that worked to build friendly relationships between France and other countries, like Russia and the Ivory Coast.
She has attended events with other patriotic and euro-critical parties (parties that are skeptical of the European Union). She believes these groups should work together.
As a Member of the European Parliament, Maréchal has voted to continue giving money and military help to Ukraine. She has also supported actions against human rights problems in countries like Afghanistan, Belarus, and Venezuela.
Images for kids
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Marion Maréchal in 2012
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Maréchal in 2013 with other politicians, including Louis Aliot and Gilbert Collard.
See also
In Spanish: Marion Maréchal para niños
