Nationality French Role French Politician Name Henry Lesquen | Children 5 Spouse(s) Maud de Villele | |
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Parent(s) Pierre de Lesquen du Plessis-CassoAnne-Marie Huon de Kermadec Residence Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France | ||
Henry de lesquen un espoir pour la france
Henry de Lesquen (January 1, 1949) is a French high-ranking civil servant, radio host and far-right politician.
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- Henry de lesquen un espoir pour la france
- L antiracisme contre la france par henry de lesquen
- Early life
- Career
- References
L antiracisme contre la france par henry de lesquen
Early life
Henry de Lesquen was born on January 1, 1949 in Port-Lyautey, Morocco. His father, Pierre de Lesquen du Plessis-Casso, was a general in the French Army. His mother was Anne-Marie Huon de Kermadec.
Career
De Lesquen was a member of the Rally for the Republic (RPR), but left the party in 1984. He has been the president of the Club de l'Horloge, a conservative think tank, since 1985.
In 2001, he became a municipal councillor in Versailles, where he spoke out against the city's public housing projects. In 2007, he became the president of right-wing radio station Radio Courtoisie.
At the end of 2015, de Lesquen announced his candidacy to the 2017 presidential election. In the following months, he attracted media attention by making a number of controversial, allegedly racist remarks and radical proposals, claiming that as president, he would destroy the Eiffel Tower, "burn" France's labour code, which he views as an obstacle to entrepreneurship, and ban "negro music" (in context: non-European, non-French music such as American, or American influenced hip-hop or African dancehall music in favor of French spoken or classical European music) from the French public media. He was eventually sued for public insults, racist declarations and alleged holocaust denial. In January 2017, he was sentenced to a 16000 euros fine. In March 2017, he withdrew his candidacy in favor of François Fillon.