Jean Lèques
Jean Lèques in 2009
Mayor of Nouméa
In office
24 January 1986  5 April 2014
Preceded byRoger Laroque
Succeeded bySonia Lagarde
President of the Government of New Caledonia
In office
28 May 1999  5 April 2001
Vice PresidentLéopold Jorédié
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byPierre Frogier
Personal details
Born(1931-08-31)31 August 1931
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Died1 June 2022(2022-06-01) (aged 90)
Nouméa, France
Political partyThe Rally–UMP
SpouseÉvelyne Lèques
Alma materUniversity of Grenoble

Jean Lèques (31 August 1931 – 1 June 2022)[1] was a New Caledonian politician. He served as mayor of Nouméa from 1986 to 2014; between 1999 and 2001 he was the first sitting president of the government of New Caledonia[2] under the Organic Law no. 99-209.[3][4]

References

  1. Jean Lèques, ancien maire de Nouméa, est mort La 1ère (in French)
  2. Project, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia (1 January 2006). Globalisation and governance in the Pacific Islands. ANU E Press. pp. 335–. ISBN 978-1-920942-97-7. Retrieved 27 September 2011.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Loi no. 99-209 organique du 19 mars 1999 relative à la Nouvelle-Calédonie". Legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). 19 March 1999. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  4. "STATUTES OF THE COUNTRY OF NEW CALEDONIA" (PDF). www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2019.


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