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After being elected assistant general secretary of the [[Caledonian Union]] in 1977,<ref name=PIM/> he contested the East constituency in the [[1977 New Caledonian legislative election|elections that year]] and was elected to the Territorial Assembly, and was re-elected in [[1979 New Caledonian legislative election|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.<ref name=PIM/> He and other [[separatist]] militants went to [[Libya]]. |
After being elected assistant general secretary of the [[Caledonian Union]] in 1977,<ref name=PIM/> he contested the East constituency in the [[1977 New Caledonian legislative election|elections that year]] and was elected to the Territorial Assembly, and was re-elected in [[1979 New Caledonian legislative election|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.<ref name=PIM/> He and other [[separatist]] militants went to [[Libya]]. |
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The [[Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front]] (FLNKS) was formed in September 1984 as a replacement for the Independence Front, boycotting the [[1984 New Caledonian legislative election|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. He disarmed the [[Gendarmerie|gendarmes]] of [[Thio, New Caledonia|Thio]], and gained control over the village without violence. On 11 January 1985 |
The [[Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front]] (FLNKS) was formed in September 1984 as a replacement for the Independence Front, boycotting the [[1984 New Caledonian legislative election|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. He disarmed the [[Gendarmerie|gendarmes]] of [[Thio, New Caledonia|Thio]], and gained control over the village without violence. On 11 January 1985 Yves Tual, the son of a European stockbreeder, was killed by independantists militants at La Foa. 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.<ref name=PIM>[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-335010606/view?partId=nla.obj-335117196#page/n26/mode/1up Machoro: last word from a leftist] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', pp27–28</ref> The gendarmes left Machoro in pain for hours to die without giving him help. |
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Revision as of 01:20, 25 October 2020
Éloi Machoro | |
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| Member of the Territorial Assembly | |
| In office 1977–1984 | |
| Constituency | East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1949 Nakety, New Caledonia |
| Died | 12 January 1985 Canala, New Caledonia |
| Political party | Caledonian Union |
Éloi Machoro (January 1949 – 12 January 1985) was a New Caledonian Kanak separatist politician.
Career
Machoro was born in Nakety in January 1949.[1] He held several jobs, including clerk, farm worker, miner and a teacher in a primary school.[1]
After being elected assistant general secretary of the Caledonian Union in 1977,[1] 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.[1] 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. He disarmed the gendarmes of Thio, and gained control over the village without violence. On 11 January 1985 Yves Tual, the son of a European stockbreeder, was killed by independantists militants at La Foa. 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.[1] The gendarmes left Machoro in pain for hours to die without giving him help.