Jean-François Jalkh
Jean-François Jalkh | |
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Leader of the National Front (Interim) | |
In office 25 April 2017 – 28 April 2017 | |
Preceded by | Marine Le Pen |
Succeeded by | Steeve Briois (interim) |
Member of the European Parliament for East France | |
Assumed office 1 July 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Tournan-en-Brie, France | 23 May 1957
Political party | National Front |
Jean-François Jalkh (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃.fʁɑ̃swa ʒalk]; born 23 May 1957) is a French politician who is the current Member of the European Parliament for National Front, representing East France.[1]
On 25 April 2017, after the resignation of Marine Le Pen as chairwoman of the National Front, Jalkh was named as the interim chairman and leader. He was initially likely to succeed Le Pen as incumbent. He stepped down three days later, on April 28, after being heavily criticised on comments made about Nazi extermination camps (see below). He had been replaced by Steeve Briois as Interim Leader.
He is known for his "vieille garde" (old guard) views, relating to the pre-de-demonisation platform of the FN, such as calling the use of Zyklon B in the Holocaust "technically impossible"[2] and opposing the expulsion of Jean-Marie Le Pen from the Front National.
References[]
- ^ "Jean-François JALKH". European Parliament. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "New Leader Of Le Pen's Party Accused Of Gas Chamber Denial".
- 1957 births
- Living people
- People from Tournan-en-Brie
- French people of Lebanese descent
- Politicians from Île-de-France
- Deputies of the 8th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- National Rally (France) MEPs
- MEPs for East France 2014–2019
- MEPs for France 2019–2024
- French Holocaust deniers
- National Rally (France) politicians
- French MEP stubs
- National Rally (France) politician stubs