Sonia Lagarde (born 29 August 1948) is a French

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n politician and the current mayor of

Nouméa Nouméa () is the capital and largest city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia and is also the largest francophone city in Oceania. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, a ...

. She has been a member of the

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for

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since

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Career

Lagarde has been a member of various parties of the

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opposed to The Rally-UMP: Une Nouvelle-Calédonie pour tous (UNCT) from 1995 to 1999, the

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from 1999 to 2004, Avenir ensemble from 2004 to 2008, and

Caledonia Together Caledonia Together (french: Calédonie ensemble) is a political party in New Caledonia. The party was established on 14 October 2008 as a split from Future Together led by Philippe Gomès. The party is centrist and opposed to independence. Fu ...

since 2008. Member of the

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from 1995 to 2012 and vice-president of the Assembly of the South Province from 2004 to 2011, she was elected as member of the

for

(comprising Nouméa, Isle of Pines, and 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 ...

) 17 June 2012. After being the head of the municipal opposition to the majority of mayor Jean Lèques in Nouméa, she became mayor of the city following her victory in the 2014 municipal elections. In 2020, Lagarde was opposed by businessperson

Cherifa Linossier Cherifa Linossier is a businesswoman from New Caledonia, who was leader of the Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CPME). Career From 2013 to 2020 Linossier was the Head of the New Caledonia Confederation of Small and Medium Enterpr ...

in the mayoral election. Linossier was unsuccessful and Lagarde was re-elected.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lagarde, Sonia 1948 births Living people Mayors of Nouméa New Caledonian people of French descent Women members of the National Assembly (France) Women mayors of places in France Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic New Caledonian women in politics 21st-century French women politicians Union of Democrats and Independents politicians People from Nouméa