rench Ministry of Interior; president of the
Territorial Congress elected by the members of the congress

Legislative branch: unicameral Territorial Congress or Congres
Territorial (54 seats; members are members of the three Provincial
Assemblies or Assemblees Provinciales elected by popular vote to serve
six-year terms)
elections: last held 9 July 1995 (next to be held NA July 2001)
election results: percent of vote by party-NA; seats by party-RPR 22,
FLNKS 12, UNCT 9, UNI 5, DEPCA 2, FN 2, RCF 2, and other 2
note: New Caledonia elects 1 seat to the French Senate; elections last
held 27 September 1992 (next to be held NA September 2001);
results-percent of vote by party-NA; seats by party-RPR 1; New
Caledonia also elects 2 seats to the French National Assembly;
elections last held 25 May-1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002);
results-percent of vote by party-NA; seats by party - RPR 2

Judicial branch: Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel

Political parties and leaders: Progressive Melansian Union or UPM
[Edmond NEKIRIAI]; Melanesian proindependence Kanaka Socialist
National Liberation Front or FLNKS [Rock WAMYTAN]; Melanesian moderate
Kanak Socialist Liberation or LKS [Nidoish NAISSELINE]; National Front
or FN (extreme right) [Guy GEORGE]; Socialist Party of Kanaky or PSK
[Jacques VIOLETTE]; Union Oceanienne or UO (conservative) [Michel
HEMA]; Front de Developpement des Iles Loyautes or FDIL [Cono HAMU];
Union Caledonian or UC [Bernard LEPEU, president]; A New Caledonia for
All or UNCT [Didier LEROUX]; Kanaque Liberation Party or PALIKA [Paul
NEAOUTYINE and Elie POIGOUNE]; New Caledonia National Party [Georges
CHATENEY]; Oceanic Democratic Rally or RDO [Alois SAKO]; Kanaque
Federal Party of OPAO [Gabrielle PAITA and Auguste SIAPO]; Caledonian
Generation [Jean-Raymond POSTIC]; Union des Synicates de Travailleurs
Kanaks Exploites or USTKE [Louis Kotra UREGEY]; Federation for a New
Caledonian Society or FNSC [Jean-Pierre AIFA]; Union to Construct
Independence [Frances POADOUY]; Movement for France or MPF [Claude
SARAAN]; Rally for Caledonia in the Republic or RPCR is a coalition of
5 parties: Union for the Rebirth of Caledonia [Jean-Louis MIR];
Christian Social Democrats-All Ethnic Group Accord [Raymond MURA];
Rally for Caledonia [Jacques LAFLEUR]; Rally of the Republic [Dick
UKEIWE]; Liberal Caledonian Movement [Jean LEQUES]; Union Nationale
pour l'Indepedance or UNI; Developper Ensemble pour construire
l'Avenir or DEPCA