Facts: - imagesize: 200px - order: president of the government of new caledonia - successor: harold martin - party: caledonia together - predecessor: harold martin - term end: 11 march 2011 - term start: 5 june 2009 - birth date: 27 october 1958 - name: philippe gomes - image: photo philippe gomes.jpg - birth place: algiers , algeria Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of philippe gomes .
philippe gomes -lrb- born 27 october 1958 -rrb- is a new caledonian 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 .gomes was born in algiers , algeria .he was appointed by the congress of new caledonia after the provincial election held on may 10 , 2009 .he is backed by a wide coalition of the four main loyalists -lrb- i.e. anti-independence -rrb- parties that control 36 of the 54 seats in the congress , now political allies after having fought each other during the campaign : the rally -- ump , caledonia together -lrb- gomes ' party -rrb- , future together and movement for diversity .in the government , 7 of the 11 members come from those pro-france parties .a former member of rpcr -lrb- older name of the rally -- ump and historical anti-independence party in new caledonia -rrb- , gomes left it in 2004 to found with others dissidents -lrb- like marie-noelle themereau or harold martin -rrb- the future together -lrb- '' avenir ensemble '' -rrb- party that defeated rpcr in the provincial election on may 9 , 2004 .then , philippe gomes became president of the south province , by far the most economically developed and most urbanized part of new caledonia .after a conflict between him and some members of the party , including harold martin or didier leroux , he entered again in dissent , leaving future together to create his own movement called caledonia together -lrb- '' caledonie ensemble '' -rrb- .he was also mayor of la foa , a rural commune on the west coast of grande terre -lrb- the main island of the archipelago -rrb- , from 1989 to 2008 .in this village , he notably created an annual film festival , the first and the only one in new caledonia .its first president was the french film director jean-pierre jeunet , and among his successors have included claude pinoteau , jane campion , claude brasseur or patrice leconte .since march 2011 , he served in the new caledonia government , as...