The National Union for Independence (french: Union nationale pour l'indépendance, UNI) is a

militant The English word ''militant'' is both an adjective and a noun, and it is generally used to mean vigorously active, combative and/or aggressive, especially in support of a cause, as in "militant reformers". It comes from the 15th century Latin " ...

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...

pro-independence alliance of

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. It is a component of the

Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (french: Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste, FLNKS) is a pro-independence alliance of political parties in New Caledonia. It was founded in 1984 at a congress of various politica ...

(FLNKS) along with the

Caledonian Union The Caledonian Union (, UC) is a pro-independence and the oldest political party in New Caledonia. In the latest legislative elections of May 10, 2009, the party won around 11.65% of the popular vote, and 9 out of 54 seats in the Territorial Co ...

. Since 2021, leader

Louis Mapou Louis Mapou (born 14 November 1958 in Yaté) is a French politician who has served as the President of the Government of New Caledonia since 22 July 2021. References

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has been

President of the Government of New Caledonia This article lists the presidents of the Government of New Caledonia since 1999, after the Nouméa Accord was signed in 1998. The President is often from the largest party in the Congress of New Caledonia, though the government itself is made up ...

Components

The term UNI has now been changed to include a broad coalition of: *

Party of Kanak Liberation The Party of Kanak Liberation (french: Parti de libération kanak, Palika) is a socialist pro-independence political party in New Caledonia. It is a component of the National Union for Independence, which in turn is one of the two components of ...

(Palika) *

Melanesian Progressive Union The Melanesian Progressive Union (french: Union progressiste mélanésienne, UPM) is a militant socialist pro-independence political party in New Caledonia. It is a component of the National Union for Independence, which in turn is one of the ...

(UPM) *

Oceanian Democratic Rally The Oceanian Democratic Rally (french: Rassemblement démocratique océanien, RDO) is a militant socialist pro-independence political party in New Caledonia. It is a component of the National Union for Independence, which in turn is one of th ...

(RDO) *

Renewed Caledonian Union The Renewed Caledonian Union (, UC-R) is a political party in New Caledonia formed by dissidents from the Caledonian Union. It is a member of the National Union for Independence (UNI) coalition, which is in turn a member of the Kanak and Socialis ...

(UC-R) in the

Loyalty Islands The Loyalty Islands Province ( French ''Province des îles Loyauté'') is one of three administrative subdivisions of New Caledonia encompassing the Loyalty Island (french: Îles Loyauté) archipelago in the Pacific, which are located northeast of ...

The Palika is by far the largest of the four parties.

History

The term UNI was first applied in 1995 to refers to a dissident list from the FLNKS led by

Paul Néaoutyine Paul Néaoutyine (born October 12, 1951 in Poindimié) is a New Caledonian politician. A Kanak The Kanak (French spelling until 1984: Canaque) are the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France ...

in the North Province. Since then, the term UNI refers to the broad coalition led by the Palika in various provincial elections since then. In the 2009 provincial elections, the party won 10 seats (of which 8 went to the Palika, the other two to the UC-R and RDO respectively) in the

Congress of New Caledonia The Congress of New Caledonia (french: Congrès de la Nouvelle-Calédonie), a "territorial congress" (''congrès territorial'' or ''congrès du territoire''), is the legislature of New Caledonia. It has 54 members who serve five-year terms, sel ...

and around 6.87% of the vote. However, in the South Province, the UNI ran on a common slate with the

and won three of the four seats won by that list (the Palika won one, the UPM won one, and the RDO won one).

References

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