François Brigneau

François Brigneau (; 30 April 1919 – 9 April 2012) was a French far-right journalist and author who was a leading figure in Ordre Nouveau, the National Front and the Party of New Forces.

Early years Brigneau was born in Concarneau; his birth name was Well Emmanuel Allot. His father, a teacher, was known for his socialism and pacifism. He joined the Milice towards the end of the occupation and was imprisoned at Fresnes as a consequence. Around this time he married Georges Suarez's niece.

Front National During the 1960s he wrote strongly in support of Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour, playing a leading role in promoting his campaign for the Presidency in 1965. Within the ON Brigneau advocated a united front between different strands of the French far right. To this end he became a founder member of the Front National (FN) in 1972 and was an unsuccessful candidate for the party in the 1973 legislative election in Hauts-de-Seine.

Later activity Brigneau would subsequently write for National-Hebdo, his regular column "Le Journal d'un Homme Libre" largely focusing on the same antisemitic themes that had dominated his work for Le Présent, with a particular focus on conspiracy theories and the activities of B'nai B'rith. Although no longer a member of the FN his column also offered the party unwavering support. He would later become associated with Bruno Mégret and in 1998 lent his support to the National Republican Movement, a splinter group of the FN that Mégret established following a bitter split from Le Pen.

Brigneau died in 2012 aged 92. He was buried in Saint-Cloud with no representative of the FN in attendance at his funeral.