Pierrette Le Pen (

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Pierrette Lallane; born September 10, 1935) is the ex-wife of

Jean-Marie Le Pen Jean Louis Marie Le Pen (, born 20 June 1928) is a French far-right politician who served as President of the National Front from 1972 to 2011. He also served as Honorary President of the National Front from 2011 to 2015. Le Pen graduated fro ...

and the mother of

Marine Le Pen Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen (; born 5 August 1968) is a French lawyer and politician who ran for the French presidency in 2012, 2017, and 2022. A member of the National Rally (RN; previously the National Front, FN), she served as its pre ...

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Pierrette was the daughter of a wine seller from the

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in southwestern

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. Pierrette's first marriage was to Claude Giraud in 1956, which lasted until 1960. After divorcing Giraud, she worked briefly as a model. Pierrette Lalanne met

in 1958, during a gala evening. She married him on June 29, 1960 at the town hall in the 8th arrondissement of

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. They have three daughters together, Marie-Caroline Le Pen, Yann Le Pen, and

. Initially, Pierrette Le Pen accompanied Jean-Marie in his political activities. Although in 1972, she left him due to his extreme views.Christophe Dubois and Christophe Deloire, ''Sexus Politicus'', éditions Albin Michel, 2006. In a 1987 interview with ''

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'',

, who refused to pay alimony to Pierrette, said that "If she needs any money, all she has to do is clean". Pierrette Le Pen then reacted by accepting ''Playboy''s offer to pose in a semi-nude maid's outfit, the photos appeared on the 23rd issue of the magazine, under the title "Madame Le Pen doing the cleaning while naked".

said that she was "scandalized" by the actions of her mother and stated that "Today, after these photos, we can no longer consider her our mother. It's worse than really losing her, a mother is part of a secret garden, not a public dump". Their divorce was finally pronounced later in 1987.

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