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Louis Mapou | |
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Louis Mapou in 2017 | |
| 10th President of the Government of New Caledonia | |
| Assumed office 22 July 2021 | |
| Vice President | Isabelle Champmoreau |
| Preceded by | Thierry Santa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 November 1958 Yaté |
| Political party | National Union for Independence |
Louis Mapou (French pronunciation: [lwi mapu]; born 14 November 1958 in Yaté) is a Kanak politician who has served as the President of the Government of New Caledonia since 22 July 2021.[1] Mapou is New Caledonia's first native Kanak president since the position was established in 1999.
He is a member of the Palika, and was the president of National Union for Independence group in the Congress of New Caledonia from 2014 to 2021. Also he has also been a municipal councillor of Païta from 1995 to 1998 and since 2020.[2]
Mapou studied at university in Nantes and then in Paris in the 1980s. He was director-general of the Rural Development and Land Management Agency from 1998 to 2005. From 2005 to 2014, he was director of Eramet and chairman of the board of Koniambo Nickel.[2]
Mapou’s election into the office of President of the Government in the 2021 snap election was enforced by a panel of French judges, after the 2020 New Caledonian independence referendum and the following unrest resulting in five attempts to annul the formation of a pro-independence government.[3]
- ^ Lassauce, Bernard (8 July 2021). "Louis Mapou élu premier président indépendantiste du gouvernement calédonien depuis l'Accord de Nouméa". Franceinfo (in French). Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ a b "H.E. Louis Mapou". Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. 7 July 2022. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Fifth attempt to elect New Caledonia president". RNZ. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2024.