Daniel Goa
New Caledonian politician
Daniel Goa (born 1953) is a New Caledonian politician elected to head the Caledonian Union in 2012. He was a Petitioner on the Question of New Caledonia at the Fourth Committee on Special Political and Decolonization of the United Nations.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 8, 2022. The linked authority identifier is Q3014101. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1953 and 2012.
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