movement and Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Front party in a runoff after the first round vote April 23. On Friday, the last opinion poll by Ipsos showed Macron winning 63% of votes and Le Pen 37%. He is a former investment banker with the Rothschild bank and a graduate of France’s Ecole Nationale d’Administration, a hothouse for France’s political class. Marine Le Pen, 48(Michel Euler / Associated Press)WHO: Marion Anne Perrine Le Pen, (known as Marine Le Pen), 48, is the youngest daughter of far-right National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen. Le Pen is a trained lawyer, a regional councilor and a member of the European Parliament.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 06, 2017 18:56 UTC