Jean Lèques

{{Short description|New Caledonian politician (1931–2022)}}

{{Expand French|topic=gov|date=July 2009|Jean Lèques}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Jean Lèques

| image = US Navy 090925-N-8721D-037 Capt. Thom Burke, commanding officer of the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) receives a wreath to lay at the U.S. war memorial during a ceremony (cropped).png

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| caption = Jean Lèques in 2009

| order = Mayor of Nouméa

| office =

| term_start = 24 January 1986

| term_end = 5 April 2014

| predecessor = Roger Laroque

| successor = Sonia Lagarde

| order1 = President of the Government of New Caledonia

| office1 =

| vicepresident1 = Léopold Jorédié

| term_start1 = 28 May 1999

| term_end1 = 5 April 2001

| predecessor1 = Office established

| successor1 = Pierre Frogier

| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|8|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nouméa, New Caledonia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|6|1|1931|8|31|df=y}}

| death_place = Nouméa, France

| party = The Rally–UMP

| alma_mater = University of Grenoble

| spouse = Évelyne Lèques

| signature =

}}

Jean Lèques (31 August 1931 – 1 June 2022)[https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/nouvellecaledonie/province-sud/noumea/jean-leques-ancien-maire-de-noumea-est-mort-1289512.html Jean Lèques, ancien maire de Nouméa, est mort] La 1ère {{in lang|fr}} was a New Caledonian politician. He served as mayor of Nouméa from 1986 to 2014; between 1999 and 2001 he was the first sitting president of the government of New Caledonia{{cite book|last=Project|first=State, Society and Governance in Melanesia|title=Globalisation and governance in the Pacific Islands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pZiwGuUTRWwC&pg=PA335|accessdate=27 September 2011|date=1 January 2006|publisher=ANU E Press|isbn=978-1-920942-97-7|pages=335–}} under the Organic Law no. 99-209.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000393606|title=Loi no. 99-209 organique du 19 mars 1999 relative à la Nouvelle-Calédonie|last=|first=|date=19 March 1999|website=Legifrance.gouv.fr|language=French|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 February 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/sites/default/files/as/root/bank_mm/anglais/eng_99-209_statutNC.pdf|title=STATUTES OF THE COUNTRY OF NEW CALEDONIA|last=|first=|date=12 October 2011|website=www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 February 2019}}