Pierre Declercq was a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

-born politician from New Caledonia

New Caledonia

New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...

, follower of independentism.

As a teacher he arrived to New Caledonia in the 1960s

1960s

The 1960s was the decade that started on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. It was the seventh decade of the 20th century.The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends across the globe...

. Formerly secretary of the Caledonian Union

Caledonian Union

The Caledonian Union is a pro-independence political party in New Caledonia. In the latest legislative elections of May 10, 2009, the party won around 11.65 % of the popular vote, and 9 out of 54 seats in the Territorial Congress.-History:...

. President of the Reupublic received him and other members of CU on 19 September 1981. He was assassinated in his house not long after these events. being received with a delegation from the Union by the President of France. His killers have never been apprehended.

External links

• Il y a vingt ans, le secrétaire général de l'Union Calédonienne était assassiné Pierre Maillot's article on the amnistia.net website