Claim: Philippe Gomès was a French politician who was born in Algiers, Algeria, and was a former member of RPCR (older name of The Rally–UMP and historical anti-independence party in New Caledonia)
Evidence: Philippe Gomès (born 27 October 1958) is a French politician and, from 5 June 2009 to 11 March 2011, President of the Government of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Gomès was born in Algiers, Algeria. A former member of RPCR (older name of The Rally–UMP and historical anti-independence party in New Caledonia), Gomès left it in 2004 to found with others dissidents (like Marie-Noëlle Thémereau or Harold Martin) the Future Together (Avenir ensemble) party that defeated RPCR in the provincial election on 9 May 2004.