Ilaïsaane Lauouvéa (born 1970) is a New Caledonian politician, who from 2009 to 2014 was an elected member of the Congress of New Caledonia representing the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front.

Ilaïsaane Lauouvéa
Member of the Congress of New Caledonia
Personal details
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Nouméa
Political partyKanak and Socialist National Liberation Front

Education edit

Lauouvéa was born in 1970 in Nouméa.[1] Her family originally came from Wallis, part of the French collectivity of Wallis and Futuna.[2] She studied law at the French Pacific University at its New Caledonia centre.[1] She then was awarded an MA in Political Science from Paris X University.[1] In 2017 she graduated with a second MA in Public Policy the Australian National University.[1]

Career edit

From 2001 to 2007 she was elected to the municipal council of Mont-Dore.[1] In 2009 she represented New Caledonia at the United Nations General Assembly, arguing for self-determination for the collectivity, as well as citing wealth inequality as the most important social issue.[3]

From 2009 to 2014 she was elected to the Assembly of the South Province and to the Congress of New Caledonia.[1] From 2013 to 2014 she was a President of the Standing Committee of Congress.[1] She is a member of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front.[4] In 2017 she was a member of Maison de la Mélanésie and on the board of directors on the Institute of the Pacific at the Australian National University.[5] In 2021 she worked as a senior advisor in the New Caledonia government's Regional Cooperation and External Relations Department.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Direction de la Maison de la Mélanésie Paul de Deckker". 2020-10-23. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  2. ^ "Dieu et le pays | LNC.nc | Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes, le Journal de Nouvelle Calédonie". 2021-11-07. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  3. ^ "Fourth Committee Hears from Petitioners on Questions of New Caledonia, United States Virgin Islands, Western Sahara, as Decolonization Debate Continues | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". 2021-11-07. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  4. ^ Chauchat, Mathias (2011). Les institutions en Nouvelle Calédonie: Institutions politiques et administratives (in French). ScérÉn-CDP NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE. ISBN 978-2-35036-116-1.
  5. ^ Inégalités sociales et décolonisation (PDF) (in French). Centre culturel Tjibaou, Nouméa. 2017.
  6. ^ "Uncovering nature's potential for managing climate change – a priority in the Pacific Islands | The Pacific Community". 2021-11-07. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-07.