Léopold Jorédié

Léopold Jorédié
Vice President of the Government of New Caledonia
In office
28 May 1999 – 5 April 2001
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byDéwé Gorodey
Personal details
Born1947
Died8 September 2013(2013-09-08) (aged 65–66)
OccupationPolitician

Léopold Jorédié (1947 – 8 September 2013) was a former Vice President of the Government of New Caledonia who served under Jean Lèques. As VP he was given a suspended sentence for corruption.[1] In 2007 he was declared unfit to hold public office and declared bankrupt.[2] He was a member of the Federation of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees.[3] Although the FCCI itself is a moderate nationalist party, from the 1980s onward he was seen as more militant and even open to "armed struggle" against the French.[4]

References

  1. ^ BBC Archive - Oct 1, 2001
  2. ^ Islands Business[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ The Contemporary Pacific 12.2 (2000) 515-520
  4. ^ "Noumea Journal; On an Island in the Pacific, but Far From at Peace" in the July 26, 1988 edition of The New York Times