Vice President of the Government of New Caledonia
| Vice President of Government of New Caledonia | |
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 Incumbent since 31 July 2026Christopher Gygès | |
| Residence | Nouméa, South Province |
| Term length | 5 years |
| Formation | 28 May 1999 |
| First holder | Léopold Jorédié |
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The vice president of the Government of New Caledonia (French: Vice-Président du gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a political position in the Government of New Caledonia formed in 1999,[1] after the Nouméa Accord was signed in 1998.
New Caledonia has a collegial government with 11 members elected by Congress of New Caledonia with proportional representation on party list voting, according to the rule of the highest average.[2] Then, according to the Nouméa Accord, the 11 members elect President and Vice President among themselves.[3]
According to the Nouméa Accord, the vice president in the collegial government system had to come from a pro-independence party if the president came from an anti-independence party and the other way round whenever the president comes from a pro-independence party.[4] Even if the position of vice president is not filled, the government is deemed to be fully operational seven days after all government members are elected.[5]
List of officeholders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  |
Léopold Jorédié (1947–2013) |
28 May 1999 | 5 April 2001 | 1 year, 312 days | FCCI | |
| 2 |  |
Déwé Gorodey (1949–2022) |
5 April 2001 | 7 August 2007 | 6 years, 124 days | FLNKS | |
| 3 | |
Annie Beustes (born 1945) |
7 August 2007 | 21 August 2007 | 14 days | The Rally | |
| 4 | |
Déwé Gorodey (1949–2022) |
21 August 2007 | 5 June 2009 | 1 year, 288 days | FLNKS | |
| 5 | |
Pierre Ngaiohni (born 1956) |
5 June 2009 | 11 March 2011 | 1 year, 279 days | Caledonian Union | |
| 6 | |
Gilbert Tyuienon (born 1958) |
11 March 2011 | 5 June 2014 | 3 years, 86 days | Caledonian Union | |
| Position vacant (5 June 2014 – 1 April 2015) | |||||||
| 7 | |
Jean-Louis d'Anglebermes (born 1953) |
1 April 2015 | 5 July 2019 | 4 years, 95 days | Caledonian Union | |
| 8 | |
Gilbert Tyuienon[8] (born 1958) |
9 July 2019 | 22 July 2021 | 2 years, 13 days | Caledonian Union | |
| 9 | |
Isabelle Champmoreau (born 1975) |
22 July 2021 | 16 January 2025 | 3 years, 178 days | The Rally | |
| Position vacant (16 January 2025 – 31 July 2026) | |||||||
| 10 | |
Christopher Gygès |
31 July 2026[9] | Incumbent | 30 days | The Loyalists | |
Timeline
This is a graphical lifespan timeline of vice presidents of the Government of New Caledonia. They are listed in order of office (Gorodey and Tyuienon are shown in order of their first terms).
See also
References
- ↑ "Un peu d'histoire". Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (in French). 4 April 2016.
- ↑ "Élection des membres du 18e gouvernement". Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (in French). 7 January 2025.
- ↑ "Alcide Ponga elected as President of New Caledonia". Islands Business. 9 January 2025.
- ↑ "Ngaiohni elected new New Caledonia vice president". Radio New Zealand International. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ↑ Mathieson, Andrew (10 January 2025). "New Caledonian leaders decide on new president in snap election". National Indigenous Times.
- ↑ Chauchat, Mathias (12 July 2011). Les institutions en Nouvelle-Calédonie: institutions politiques et administratives. ScérÉn-CDP NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE. ISBN 9782350361161 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Le fonctionnement du gouvernement". Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. 4 April 2016.
- ↑ "Les membres du 16e gouvernement". Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. 13 June 2019.
- ↑ Decloitre, Patrick (1 August 2026). "Kingmaker candidate elected new president of New Caledonia's government". RNZ.