page_title: Harold Martin (New Caledonian politician)
hierarchical_section_title: Harold Martin (New Caledonian politician)
caption_attribution_description: English: Harold Martin, president of the french collectivity of New Caledonia, poses for a family photo at the Cook Islands National Auditorium, during a Pacific Islands Forum's leaders meeting, August 31, 2012 [State Department photo by Ola Thorsen/ Public Domain], cropped by User:Tharkun Français&#160;: Harold Martin, président de la collectivité française de Nouvelle-Calédonie, pose pour une photographie de famille à l'Auditorium national des îles Cook, durant un sommet des dirigeants du Forum des îles du Pacifique, le 31 août 2012. [Photographie du Département d'Etat des Etats-Unis par Ola Thorsen/ Domaine public]
context_page_description: Harold Martin is a French politician. He served twice as President of the Government of New Caledonia and three times as President of the Congress of New Caledonia between 1997 and 2011. Former student as a site manager in the ESTP, Martin replaced Marie-Noëlle Thémereau in 2007 as the leader of the ruling Future Together party after the party suffered an electoral setback to choose the territory's two members of the French assembly.
  Coming from one of the oldest families of European origin, Martin is descended from a nephew of James Paddon, the British adventurer widely credited as having been the first European settler on the island, before the French annexation in 1853.
  Further, he directs an agricultural society. Thus, he has been president of the Council on the Regulation and Establishment of Agricultural Prices in 1991, 1993, and from 1994 to 1995.
context_section_description: Harold Martin (born 6 April 1954, Nouméa, New Caledonia) is a French politician. He served twice as President of the Government of New Caledonia (from 7 August 2007 to 10 May 2009 and again from 3 March 2011 to 5 June 2014) and three times as President of the Congress of New Caledonia between 1997 and 2011 (most recently from 22 May 2009 to 3 March 2011). Former student as a site manager in the ESTP, Martin replaced Marie-Noëlle Thémereau in 2007 as the leader of the ruling Future Together party after the party suffered an electoral setback to choose the territory's two members of the French assembly.
  Coming from one of the oldest families of European origin, Martin is descended from a nephew of James Paddon, the British adventurer widely credited as having been the first European settler on the island, before the French annexation in 1853.
  Further, he directs an agricultural society. Thus, he has been president of the Council on the Regulation and Establishment of Agricultural Prices (ERPA) in 1991, 1993, and from 1994 to 1995.
caption: Harold Martin in 2012.
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