Éloi Machoro Éloi Machoro (b. 1945 in Thio, New Caledonia – d. 12 January 1985 in Canala ) was a New Caledonian Kanak separatist politician. Career After founding the seminary of Païta in 1974, Machoro became a teacher . He aligned himself with  the Caledonian Union political party. In 1977, under the leadership of Jean-Marie Tjibaou, he chose to recognize the Congress of Bourail as independent from Caledonia. That year he was chosen as a Representative of his party in the Territorial Assembly of New Caledonia. Machoro climbed the political ladder thereafter . Following the assassination of Pierre Declercq on 19 September 1981, Machoro became the Caledonian Union's General Secretary. As a member of the Socialist Kanak Independence movement, he was among the party's most radical partisans. He sought permanent change for New Caledonia, even if it required military force. He and other separatist militants went to Libya. The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS , Front de libération nationale kanak et socialiste ) was formed on 18 November 1984 and replaced the Independents . On 1 December 1984, Jean-Marie Tjibaou formed a provisional government of Kanak Socialist Republic and Éloi Machoro became Minister of Security and so became the leader of the independents' armed forces. %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% At first, Machoro disarmed the gendarmes of Thio, and gained control over the village without violence. On 11 January 1985 he killed Yves Tual, the son of a European stockbreeder. These events triggered a series of nighttime rebellions. On 12 January, the gendarmes started an operation to free the house of a European  that the FLNKS had occupied under the leadership of Éloi Machoro, located in the neighborhood of Canala . The FLNKS occupants eventually fled and found some security for themselves in another house when the gendarmes , after strong warnings and pursuit, began to catch up with them. When the two parties eventually met, Éloi Machoro and other Kanaks were killed during the ensuing action.  The gendarmes left Machoro in pain for hours to die without giving him help. Category: New Caledonia politicians Category:1945 births Category: 1985 deaths Category: Kanak people Category: Caledonian Union politicians Category:  People from South Province, New Caledo
Éloi Machoro (January 1949 – 12 January 1985 ) was a New Caledonian Kanak separatist politician. Career Machoro was born in Nakety in January 1949. He held several jobs, including clerk, farm worker, miner and a teacher in a primary school. After being elected assistant general secretary of the Caledonian Union in 1977, he contested the East constituency in the elections that year and was elected to the Territorial Assembly , and was re-elected in 1979 when the party ran as part of the Independence Front . Following the assassination of Pierre Declercq on 19 September 1981, Machoro became the party's general secretary. He and other separatist militants went to Libya. The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS ) was formed in September 1984 as a replacement for the Independence Front, boycotting the elections in November . On 1 December Jean-Marie Tjibaou declared the formation of a provisional government of Kanak Socialist Republic , with Machoro as Minister of Security . As a result, he became the leader of the independents' armed forces. %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% He disarmed the gendarmes of Thio, and gained control over the village without violence. On 11 January 1985 he killed Yves Tual, the son of a European stockbreeder. These events triggered a series of nighttime rebellions. On 12 January, the gendarmes started an operation to free the house of a European in Canala that the FLNKS had occupied under the leadership of Machoro . The FLNKS occupants eventually fled to a farmhouse, where the gendarmes caught them. Machoro and Marcel Nonaro were killed during the ensuing action. Machoro: last word from a leftist Pacific Islands Monthly, pp27–28 The gendarmes left Machoro in pain for hours to die without giving him help. Category: 1949 births Category: Kanak people Category: New Caledonian educators Category:Caledonian Union politicians Category: Members of the Congress of New Caledonia Category: People from South Province, New Caledonia Category:1985 death
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of New Caledonia. Machoro climbed the political ladder thereafter
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most radical partisans. He sought permanent change for New Caledonia, even if it required military force. He
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on 18 November
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and replaced the Independents
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and found some security for themselves in another house when the gendarmes , after strong warnings and pursuit, began to catch up with them. When the two parties eventually met, Éloi Machoro and other Kanaks
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Machoro: last word from a leftist Pacific Islands Monthly, pp27–28
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New Caledonia politicians Category:1945
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