Cook baptise cette terre New Caledonia en l'honneur de l'Écosse. The President is often from the largest party in the Congress of New Caledonia, though the government itself is made up of cabinet ministers from all parties in Congress, allocated proportionally based on the number of MPs from each party. However, the 11 ministers failed to agree on who should be the vice-president and will therefore meet again on Tuesday to try to fill the vacancy and make the new administration operational. NOTE: 1) The information regarding New Caledonia on this page is re-published from the 2020 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Caledonia Government 2020 should be … The first was held in November 2018, with voters rejecting independence by 56–44%. On 17 March, President Thierry Santa announced plans to suspend all flights into the territory as a precautionary measure, with all visitors to self-quarantine, with non-compliance to be punished with a fine. On 18 March, the first two cases in New Caledonia were confirmed. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Caledonia Government 2020 information contained here. This article lists the Presidents of the Government of New Caledonia since 1999, after the Nouméa Accord was signed in 1998. March 2020. Photo: New Caledonia Congress Mr Santa was elected by six of the 11 government members after the caretaker president Philippe Germain cast the deciding vote. In accordance with the Nouméa Accord of 1998, New Caledonians were allowed up to three referendums on independence; the first came in 2018, then two more in 2020 and 2022 if the previous ones had not resulted in independence, but one-third of members of the Congress of New Caledonia voted for another one. 07 juillet 2020 Économie Emploi et travail Le gouvernement a arrêté la liste des secteurs économiques durablement touchés par les conséquences de la crise sanitaire, traçant ainsi le périmètre des entreprises qui pourront continuer de bénéficier de l’allocation spécifique de chômage partiel. Le référendum de 2020 sur l'indépendance de la Nouvelle-Calédonie est prévu le 6 septembre.