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2020 in New Caledonia

overview of New Caledonia-related events during the year of 2020

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 21, 2024
Entity authorityQ104856469 ↗
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Events from 2020 in New Caledonia.

Incumbents

High Commissioner: Laurent Prévost

President of the Government: Thierry Santa

Vice President of the Government: Gilbert Tyuienon

President of Congress: Roch Wamytan

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in New Caledonia

4 April – President Thierry Santa went into self-isolation after a member of his staff tested positive for COVID-19.

4 October – An independence referendum was held, with 53.26 percent of voters opposed to independence. Turnout was 85.69 percent.

28 October – Protests started over plan to sell Vale nickel mine to consortium led by Trafigura, protestors blocked roads and port Noumea.

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The public source identifies “2020 in New Caledonia” as overview of New Caledonia-related events during the year of 2020. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Caledonia, overview and Caledonia-related.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Caledonia, overview and Caledonia-related providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “2020 in New Caledonia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.