Léopold Jorédié

Léopold Jorédié (1947 – 8 September 2013) was a former Vice President of the Government of New Caledonia who served under Jean Lèques.

As VP he was given a suspended sentence for corruption.

[1] In 2007 he was declared unfit to hold public office and declared bankrupt.

[2] He was a member of the Federation of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees.

[3] Although the FCCI itself is a moderate nationalist party, from the 1980s onward he was seen as more militant and even open to "armed struggle" against the French.