Dick Ukeiwé

{{Short description|New Caledonian politician}}

{{Expand French|topic=gov|date=July 2009|Dick Ukeiwé}}

Dick Ukeiwé (13 December 1928 – 3 September 2013) was a New Caledonian politician.{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do;jsessionid=961CF48C08348DF91603000877319C42.node1?language=FR&id=1017 |title=Vos députés: Dick Ukeiwé|publisher=Europarl.europa.eu |date= |accessdate=2013-09-05}} Born in Lifou, France, he represented the island in the French Senate from 1983 until 1992, and was a member of the Rally for the Republic.{{cite web|author=Sénat français |url=http://www.senat.fr/senateur/ukeiwe_dick59250h.html |title=Anciens sénateurs Vème République: Ukeiwé Dick |publisher=Senat.fr |date= |accessdate=2013-09-05}}{{cite web |url=http://m.tahiti-infos.com/Deces-de-Dick-Ukeiwe-ancien-dirigeant-kanak-pro-francais_a82589.html |title=Décès de Dick Ukeiwé, ancien dirigeant kanak pro-français |language=fr|publisher=M.tahiti-infos.com |accessdate=2013-09-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610214648/http://m.tahiti-infos.com/Deces-de-Dick-Ukeiwe-ancien-dirigeant-kanak-pro-francais_a82589.html |archivedate=2015-06-10 }} He served as President of the Congress of New Caledonia from 1985 to 1988.[http://www.congres.nc/assemblee/son-histoire/le-congres-du-territoire/?panel=0 Le Congrès du territoire – Le président]{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/New_Caledonia.htm|title=New Caledonia|website=www.worldstatesmen.org|access-date=2020-03-27}} His son, Bernard Ukeiwé (1953–2008), was also a New Caledonian politician. Ukeiwé died, aged 84, on 3 September 2013 in Dumbéa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Deces-de-Dick-Ukeiwe-ancien-dirigeant-kanak-pro-francais_a82589.html|title=Décès de Dick Ukeiwé, ancien dirigeant kanak pro-français|last=|website=Tahiti Infos|language=fr|access-date=2020-03-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/nouvelle-caledonie-disparition-de-dick-ukeiwe_1278913.html|title=Nouvelle-Calédonie: disparition de Dick Ukeiwé|date=2013-09-06|website=LExpress.fr|language=fr|access-date=2020-03-27}}