Jean-François Jalkh

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Jean-François Jalkh
MEP
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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 (1957-05-23) 23 May 1957 (age 67)
Tournan-en-Brie, France
Political party National Front

Jean-François Jalkh (French pronunciation: ​[ʒɑ̃fʁɑ̃swa ʒalk]; born 23 May 1957) is a French politician who is the current Member of the European Parliament for the National Rally, representing East France.[1]

On 25 April 2017, after the resignation of Marine Le Pen as leader of the National Front, Jalkh was named as the interim leader. He stepped down three days later, on April 28, after being heavily criticised on comments made about Nazi extermination camps (see below). He was 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.

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