Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Also Mélenchon
French left-wing politician born in 1951 in Tangier, Morocco; founder and leading figure of La France insoumise.
Mélenchon was born on August 19, 1951, in Tangier (Tanger), Morocco. He is the founder and leading figure of La France insoumise (LFI).
In a Reddit discussion, one user said he had gone from "never voting for Mélenchon" to "who else but Mélenchon," citing dissatisfaction with the government's blaming of the riots on LFI.
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- Jean-Luc Mélenchon (Wikipedia (French), accessed 2026-10-22)
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