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

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

, 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 (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Social ...

. He served as

President of the Congress of New Caledonia This article lists the presidents of the Congress of New Caledonia since 1985. The President serves as the head, or speaker, of the Congress of New Caledonia. Presidents of the Territorial Assembly Presidents of the Congress See also *P ...

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 Pierre Frogier (born 16 November 1950, Nouméa, New Caledonia) is a French politician, who was President of the Government of New Caledonia from 2001 to 2004. He has been French senator for New Caledonia since 2011, and was member of the Nati ...

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 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 Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur {{France-politician-UMP-stub