Bernard Ukeiwé

Bernard Ukeiwé (24 June 1953 – 23 July 2008) was a New Caledonian politician and footballer. As a footballer, he played as a defender, and was capped by New Caledonia at the 1973 Oceania Cup. He was the son of former senator Dick Ukeiwé.

Ukeiwé became a politician after his father retired. Starting in 2006, he was vice president of the Rassemblement-UMP group. He was later elected deputy to MP Gaël Yanno in 2007, and became the deputy mayor of Nouméa in March 2008. 

Ukeiwé died of a heart attack on 23 July 2008, at the age of 55.

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