Marine Le Pen
French politician
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| 2024 | Marine Le Pen stood for re-election in Pas-de-Calais' 11th constituency in the 2024 French legislative election. |
| May 2024 | Marine Le Pen officially met with an Israeli government minister for the first time. |
| January 2024 | Marine Le Pen became the most popular politician in France according to a Verian-Epoka poll for Le Figaro Magazine. |
| December 2023 | Marine Le Pen was ordered to stand trial for embezzlement of public funds after being charged with improperly paying National Rally party officials using funds designated for European Parliament assistants. Her trial is set to take place in March 2024. |
| November 12 2023 | Marine Le Pen participated in the March for the Republic and Against Antisemitism in Paris, responding to the increasing antisemitism observed since the onset of the 2023 Israel-Hamas War. |
| October 2023 | Marine Le Pen was convicted of defamation against the French NGO Cimade, which she accused of being 'accomplices to smugglers' in a January 2022 television interview. She was ordered to pay €500 and cover court costs. |
| October 2023 | Marine Le Pen condemned Hamas' actions during the Israel–Hamas war and expressed her support for Israel and its right to self-defense. |
| 2022 | Marine Le Pen came second in the first round of the presidential election with 23.2% of the votes, qualifying for the second round against Emmanuel Macron. |
| 2022 | Marine Le Pen won her seat in the second round of the 2022 French legislative election in Pas-de-Calais' 11th constituency with 61.03% of the votes, defeating Marine Tondelier of Europe Ecology – The Greens. |
| 2022 | Le Pen was elected by acclamation as leader of the parliamentary National Rally party in the Assembly. |
| 2022 | During the 2022 French legislative election, Le Pen led her party to win its highest number of seats in the National Assembly since its founding. |
| 2022 | In response to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Marine Le Pen criticized Russia's actions, despite having a previous pro-Russia stance, and advocated for welcoming Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war. |
| 2022 | Marine Le Pen proposed a moratorium on new wind energy development on both sea and land, as well as the eventual dismantling of all current wind turbines. |
| 2022 | Le Pen again expressed support for a referendum on potentially reinstating capital punishment in France. |
| November 2022 | In November 2022, Marine Le Pen announced her decision to step down from her position as chair of the National Rally, marking the end of her leadership. She was succeeded by Jordan Bardella, who had served as the party's interim leader during her presidential campaign. |
| June 12 2022 | Marine Le Pen finished first in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election in Pas-de-Calais' 11th constituency, receiving 53.96% of the votes. |
| April 24 2022 | In the presidential run-off, Le Pen was defeated by Emmanuel Macron, securing 41.45% of the votes, the highest share for a nationalist candidate in French history. |
| April 22 2022 | Le Pen participated in a televised debate against Emmanuel Macron ahead of the presidential election. |
| January 15 2022 | Le Pen officially launched her campaign for the 2022 presidential election. |
| 2021 | Sharply criticized the Biden administration's withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. |
| 2021 | Le Pen stated her intention to privatise public broadcasting and nationalise motorways. |
| October 2021 | Le Pen expressed support for constructing new nuclear reactors, including small modular reactors, while simultaneously opposing subsidies for solar and wind power. She pledged to halt new wind park construction and initiate a large-scale wind park dismantling project. |
| July 4 2021 | Marine Le Pen was elected again to lead the National Rally, with no opposing candidate. |
| 2020 | Marine Le Pen announced her candidacy for the French presidency in the upcoming 2022 election. |
| January 2020 | Marine Le Pen announced her third candidacy for president of France in the 2022 presidential election. |
| 2019 | Le Pen ended her relationship with Louis Aliot. |
| 2019 | Reports indicated that Marine Le Pen no longer wanted France to leave the European Union or the euro currency, aiming instead to reform the EU from within alongside allied parties. |
| 2018 | The National Front was rebranded as the National Rally (Rassemblement national), a move initiated by Marine Le Pen to distance the party from its past. |
| 2017 | Following her electoral victory, Le Pen became a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the National Assembly and resigned as a Member of the European Parliament. |
| 2017 | Le Pen received just under 46% of the vote in the first round of the parliamentary elections and won the second round with just under 58% against Anne Roquet of En Marche. |
| June 11 2017 | Marine Le Pen finished first in the first round of the 2017 French legislative election in Pas-de-Calais' 11th constituency, receiving 46.02% of the votes. |
| May 18 2017 | Marine Le Pen announced her candidacy for the parliamentary elections in the Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency, marking her fifth attempt to be elected as a deputy. |
| May 7 2017 | Marine Le Pen conceded in the second round of the presidential election after receiving approximately 33.9% of the vote against Emmanuel Macron. |
| May 1 2017 | A video emerged showing Marine Le Pen copying sections of a speech by François Fillon word-for-word. |
| April 25 2017 | Marine Le Pen made an unexpected visit to the Whirlpool factory in Amiens to meet workers, receiving a positive welcome, while Emmanuel Macron was booed by a hostile crowd during his visit to the same location. |
| April 24 2017 | The day after the first round of voting, Marine Le Pen announced that she would temporarily step down as the leader of the National Front (FN) in an effort to unite voters. |
| April 23 2017 | Marine Le Pen won 21.3% of the vote (7.7 million votes) in the first round of the presidential election, placing her second behind Emmanuel Macron who received 24.0%. |
| April 21 2017 | United States President Donald Trump remarked that the shooting in France would have a significant impact on the presidential election, and praised Marine Le Pen for being 'the strongest on borders.' |
| April 20 2017 | In response to a shooting targeting police officers, Marine Le Pen cancelled a planned campaign event. |
| April 13 2017 | The ground floor of the building housing Marine Le Pen's campaign headquarters was targeted by an arson attempt during the early morning. |
| March 2 2017 | The European Parliament voted to revoke Marine Le Pen's immunity from prosecution for tweeting violent imagery. |
| February 9 2017 | Her first campaign appearance on television received the highest viewing figures on France 2 since the previous presidential election, attracting 3.7 million viewers. |
| February 5 2017 | Le Pen continued her candidacy launch in Lyon, emphasizing her political agenda and engagement with voters. |
| February 4 2017 | Le Pen launched her candidacy in Lyon, promising a referendum on France's EU membership if her goals were not achieved within six months of renegotiation with the EU. |
| January 3 2017 | Le Pen publicly stated on BFM TV that she did not believe the annexation of Crimea was illegal, claiming there was a referendum where Crimean citizens wanted to join Russia. |
| 2016 | Politico named Marine Le Pen the second-most influential Member of European Parliament (MEP) in the European Parliament. |
| November 8 2016 | Marine Le Pen posted a tweet congratulating Donald Trump on his election to the U.S. presidency. |
| April 8 2016 | Marine Le Pen announced her candidacy for the 2017 French presidential election, appointing FN Senator David Rachline as her campaign manager. |
| 2015 | Marine Le Pen announced her candidacy for the 2017 presidential election, marking her second bid for the French presidency. |
| 2015 | Marine Le Pen oversaw the National Front's performance in the regional elections, where the party received 27.7% of the votes in the first round. |
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