List successive presidents of the Standing committee of 1988 with 2004:

• 5/4/1988 - 6/3/1998: Pierre Maresca (RPCR)
• 6/3/1998 - 6/6/2001: Harold Martin (RPCR)
• 6/6/2001 - 9/17/2002: Eymard Bouanaoué (FCCI)
• 11/14/2002 - 5/9/2004: Cono Hnaéjé Hamu (FCCI)

Interior commissions

• Finance S and Budget: Cyntia Ligeard (Gathering-UMP, Southern Province)
• Legislation and economic Réglementation S and tax: Jean-Pierre Djaïwé (PLAIN - FLNKS, Northern Province)
• general Legislation and Réglementation: Simone Mignard (Gathering-UMP, Southern Province)
• Administrative organization and of the Public office: Anna Logologofolau (Gathering-UMP, Southern Province)
• public Infrastructures and of the Energy: Guy George (National front, Southern Province)
• Organization of the Transport S and the Communication S: Alain Descombels (Future together, Southern Province)
• Work and Professional training: Close Corinne (Future together, Southern Province)
• Health and Social protection: Jacques Lalié ( CPU Revival , Islands Honesty)
• Sport S: Gay Eric (Gathering-UMP, Southern Province)
• Agriculture and Fishing: Cézelin Tchoeaoua (Union calédonienne, Northern Province)
• Teaching and Culture: Monique Millet (Future together, Southern Province)
• Legislation and Réglementation relating to the usual Businesses: 2 copresidents:

Role and competence

The vote of the laws of country and the transfers of competence

The Congress is the legislative body of the Territory. He thus votes the laws of country, in the majority absolute, which are presented to him by the Government or which are proposed by one or more elected officials of the Congress. It is him also which votes, in the majority of the 3/5, the transfers of competence of the State towards the Territory.

The election of the Government of New Caledonia and its control

At the beginning of each mandature, the Congress elects, with the list system presented by the parties represented, the Gouvernement of New Caledonia after having determined the number of its members (between 5 and 11). The current government, elected the August 6th 2007, comprises 8 members (4 Avenir together and 4 Rassemblement), but is only temporary and must only manage the go concern since the three freedom fighters which was to form part of it (2 PLAIN FLNKS and 1 Union calédonienne) resigned the very same day of his formation as all their following of list following what they estimate to be a material error which has occurred during the poll, an independence bulletin having been lost because entered no one (being stuck to a blank vote). This resignation causes fact thus the meeting of a new poll from here at 15 days as from the August 6th 2007 to indicate a new government. While waiting, the “provisional” government reduced to its only members anti-freedom fighters obtained the August 7th a president, Harold Martin (Avenir together), and of a vice-president, Annie Beustes (Gathering-UMP). Finally the August 21st 2007 the Congress proceeded to the election of the Seventh Government of New Caledonia resulting from the Accord of Noumea, always chaired by Harold Martin. The Congress can reverse a government as a voter very well a motion of censure in the majority of the 2/3.

Composition since the elections of May 9th, 2004

There are 54 elected officials with the Congress.

Group Avenir together

Initially composed of 16 members, it comprises since 2007 17 members and is chaired by Didier Leroux.

• Northern Province:

• Southern Province:

Group Gathering-UMP

Initially called group Gathering-UMP - FCCI, because of its traditional alliance with the independence small part moderate FCCI, and composed of 17 members (16 RPCR and 1 FCCI), it suffered from four defections: that of Suzie Vigouroux as of 2004, that of Francoise Sagnet-Chaverot in 2006 and of Simon Loueckhote in 2007, for what it is necessary to add the departure of the elected official FCCI for the group Union calédonienne in November 2004. Thus from now on, the group of the Gathering-UMP, chaired initially to Pierre Maresca and since 2007 by Cyntia Ligeard, counts nothing any more but 13 members.

• Northern Province

• Southern Province

Group PLAIN - FLNKS

Chaired by Jean-Pierre Djaïwé, it is composed of 9 members: 8 PLAIN - FLNKS which results from the Palika or the UPM and 1 dissident of the Union calédonienne, Jacques Lalié, which founded the party CPU Revival .

• Islands Honesty

• Northern Province

Group Union calédonienne

Initially composed of 7 elected officials, it profited from the rallying in November 2004 of the single elected official FCCI who formed before part of the group Gathering-UMP - FCCI. Therefore, since, this group, chaired by Bernard Lepeu, has 8 members.

• Islands Honesty

• Northern Province

Not registered

• National front: there are 4 elected officials of the National front, all resulting from the Parliament of the Southern Province and which traditionally vote with the Avenir together:

• socialist Kanak Release (LKS): only one elected official, resulting from the Parliament of the Islands Honesty, which traditionally votes with the Avenir together while generally supporting the positions of the other independence formations:

• independent: 2 elected officials, both dissidents of the group Gathering-UMP:

Composition at the time of the 1e mandature (1999-2004)

• RPCR : 24 elected officials (20 of the Southern Province, 3 of the Northern Province, 1 of the Îles Honesty)
• PLAIN FLNKS: 11 elected officials (5 of the Southern Province, 5 of the Northern Province, 1 of the Islands Honesty)
• Union calédonienne: 7 elected officials (4 of the Northern Province, 3 of the Islands Honesty)
• National front: 4 elected officials, all of Southern Province
• FCCI: 4 elected officials (3 in Northern Province, 1 of the Islands Honesty)
• Alliance : 3 elected officials, all of Southern Province
• LKS: 1 elected official of the Islands Honesty

See too

Internal bonds

• Political in New Caledonia
• New Caledonia
• Harold Martin
• Simon Loueckhote
• Pierre Frogier

Internet site

• official site of the Congress of New Caledonia