title: Jean Lèques
text: # Jean Lèques
  
  Jean Lèques (31 August 1931 – 1 June 2022) 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 under the Organic Law no. 99-209.
  
  