Raphaël Mapou (born 9 October 1955 as part of the Unia Tribe in

Yaté Yaté is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The Yaté Dam and Blue River Provincial Park are located within the commune. Geography Climate Yaté has a tropical rainforest c ...

) is a

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separatist Separatism is the advocacy of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group. As with secession, separatism conventionally refers to full political separation. Groups simply seeking greate ...

and Kanak politician. He is the former spokesperson for the Kanak Liberation Party from 1989 to 1998 and was the mayor of Yaté from 1990 to 1995. Mapou was a founding member of the

Federation of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees The Federation of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees () is a political party in New Caledonia supporting the island's independence from France, although it is the most moderate of all nationalist parties. The FCCI was founded in 1998 by th ...

(FCCI) from 1998 to 2002 and with the FCCI he participated in the second government of New Caledonia that resulted from the

Nouméa Accord The Nouméa Accord of 1998 is a promise by the French Republic to grant increased political power to New Caledonia and its original population, the Kanaks, over a twenty-year transition period. It was signed 5 May 1998 by Lionel Jospin, and appr ...

, chaired by Pierre Frogier, from October 17, 2001, to July 29, 2002. He has been the general secretary of the Comité Rhéébù Nùù since its creation in 2001.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mapou, Raphael 1955 births Living people Kanak people Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front politicians Separatists People from South Province, New Caledonia