Cynthia Ligeard

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{{Short description|French politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Cynthia Ligeard

|image name = New Caledonia President Cynthia Liegard, Julie Bishop and Anthony Lecren (cropped).PNG

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|office = President of the Government of New Caledonia

|term_start = 5 June 2014

|term_end = 1 April 2015

|predecessor = Harold Martin

|successor = Philippe Germain

|office2 = President of the Provincial Assembly of South Province

|term_start2 = 20 September 2012

|term_end2 = 11 May 2014

|predecessor2 = Pierre Frogier

|successor2 = Philippe Michel

|birth_name = Cynthia Parage

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|06|15|df=y}}

|birth_place = Nouméa, New Caledonia

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|death_place =

|party = The Rally (since 2014)

|otherparty = The Rally–UMP (2004–2014)
Rally for Caledonia in the Republic (2002–2004)

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|children =

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Cynthia Ligeard ({{née}} Parage; born 15 June 1962) is a New Caledonian anti-independence politician. She was the second woman to serve as President of the Government of New Caledonia, a position she held from 5 June 2014 until 1 April 2015.{{cite news |first=Kerryn|last=Baker |title=The Highest Glass Ceiling — Women, Politics and Executive Power in the Pacific |url=http://bellschool.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/publications/attachments/2016-04/ib-2016-07-baker.pdf |work= State, Society and Governance in Melanesia at Australian National University |date=July 2016 |accessdate=23 March 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203064921/http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2017/january/20170113_mali |archivedate=3 December 2018 |url-status=live}} (Marie-Noëlle Thémereau was the first female President of New Caledonia from 2004 to 2007).