Frédéric Chatillon (born 15 February 1968) is a French businessman. He worked as the communications adviser to former

National Rally The National Rally (, , RN), known as the National Front from 1972 to 2018 (, , FN), is a French far-right politics, far-right political party, described as right-wing populist and French nationalism, nationalist. It is the single largest Nat ...

president

Marine Le Pen Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen (; born 5 August 1968) is a French lawyer and politician of the far-right National Rally, National Rally party (RN). She served as the party's president from 2011 to 2021, and ran for the French presidency in ...

Biography

Chatillon has been a "friend and confidant" of Le Pen since they were at law school together. As a student, he was president of Groupe Union Défense, a far-right student group. Judges Renaud Van Ruymbeke and Aude Buresi are investigating Chatillon for alleged "illegal financing" of the Front National. French newspaper ''

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'', as part of the

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investigation reported that Chatillon had used his company to set up an international network of shell companies and false invoices. On his Facebook page, Chatillon wrote, "obviously, the Front National has nothing to do with this private affair, neither directly or indirectly". The complex scheme is alleged to involve companies in complex system involving companies in Hong Kong, Singapore, Panama and the British Virgin Islands. The press allegations have been dismissed by the online news portal Atlantico as mere libels and politically oriented news.

Personal life

Frédéric Chatillon is separated from Marie d’Herbais de Thun, born in 1971, friend of

, daughter of Pierre-Guillaume and Katherine d'Herbais de Thun, one of the Cendrine Blot- Le Chevallier (born Chéreil de la Rivière) sisters.''Le Chevallier à découvert'',

Jean-Pierre Thiollet Jean-Pierre Thiollet (; born 9 December 1956) is a French writer and journalist. He is also affiliated with the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions, a European trade union. Career Thiollet attended a school in Châtelleraul ...

, Ed. Laurens, 1998, , .

References

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