Charles 'Charly' Pidjot (17 July 1962 - 11 September 2012) was a pro-independence politician from New Caledonia who was a member of the Kanak people.
[1] He was born in the community of Conceptions in Le Mont-Dore (New-Caledonia) and was the president of the Caledonian Union from 8 November 2007 to his death.
His brother, Raphaël also became a militarist independentist as the president of the South Pacific Society of Miners.
(This society was founded by those who wanted to assure the participation of the native Kanak people in the mining of the territory).
Raphaël Pidjot and other leaders of the organization died in 2000 in a helicopter accident.