Simon Loueckhote (born 7 May 1957) is a French politician and a former member of the

Senate of France The Senate (, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly (France), National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. It is made up of 348 senators (''sénateurs'' and ...

, representing the island of

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. He is a member of the

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement ( ; UMP ) was a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in France, political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullism, Gaullist tradition. During its existence, the UMP was o ...

. He served as

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from 1989 to 1995, and from 1998 to 2004.Le Congrès du territoire - Le président
/ref>Le Congrès de Nouvelle-Calédonie - Le président
/ref> Loueckhote served as the sole member from New Caledonia to the French Senate from 1992 until 2011. Loueckhote announced in September 2011 that he would not seek re-election to the Senate after the

political party threw its support to two other candidates, Pierre Frogier and Hilarion Vendegou, in June. In 2011, New Caledonia's representation in the Senate of France was increased to two members as part of the Senate's enlargement. An

electoral college An electoral college is a body whose task is to elect a candidate to a particular office. It is mostly used in the political context for a constitutional body that appoints the head of state or government, and sometimes the upper parliament ...

held on 24 September 2011, will elect the two new Senators, who will succeed Loueckhote.

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1957 births Living people French senators of the Fifth Republic Presidents of the Congress of New Caledonia Union for a Popular Movement politicians Kanak people Senators of New Caledonia Knights of the Legion of Honour {{France-politician-UMP-stub