Birth Date: | 7 May 1957 |
Office1: | Senator for New Caledonia |
Term1: | 2 October 1992 – 30 September 2011 |
Predecessor1: | Dick Ukeiwé |
Simon Loueckhote (born 7 May 1957) is a French politician and a former member of the Senate of France, representing the island of New Caledonia. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
He served as President of the Congress of New Caledonia from 1989 to 1995, and from 1998 to 2004.[1] [2]
Loueckhote served as the sole member from New Caledonia to the French Senate from 1992 until 2011.[3] Loueckhote announced in September 2011 that he would not seek re-election to the Senate[3] after the Union for a Popular Movement political party threw its support to two other candidates, Pierre Frogier and Hilarion Vendegou, in June.[3]
In 2011, New Caledonia's representation in the Senate of France was increased to two members as part of the Senate's enlargement.[3] An electoral college held on 24 September 2011, will elect the two new Senators, who will succeed Loueckhote.[3]