Editing Wallis and Futuna (section)

===Overseas territory===
In 1959, the inhabitants of the islands [[1959 Wallis and Futuna status referendum|voted]] to become a separate [[Overseas departments and territories of France|French overseas territory]], effective since 29 July 1961,<ref name="Wallis-et-Futuna"/> thus ending their subordination to New Caledonia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107555.html |title=Wallis and Futuna Islands |website=InfoPlease|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>

In 2005, the 50th [[Lavelua|king of Uvea]], [[Tomasi Kulimoetoke II]], faced being deposed after giving sanctuary to his grandson who was convicted of manslaughter. The king claimed his grandson should be judged by tribal law rather than by the French penal system. As a result, there were riots in the streets involving the king's supporters, who were victorious over attempts to replace the king. Two years later, Tomasi Kulimoetoke died on 7 May 2007. There was a six-month period of mourning, during which mentioning a successor was forbidden.<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news |author=BBC News | author-link=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6711691.stm |title=Been and gone – fit for a King | access-date=3 June 2007 |date=1 June 2007}}</ref> On 25 July 2008, [[Kapeliele Faupala]] was installed as king despite protests from some of the royal clans. He was deposed in 2014. A new king, [[Patalione Kanimoa]], was eventually installed in Uvea in 2016; Lino Leleivai in Alo on Futuna succeeded after Filipo Katoa abdicated, and Eufenio Takala succeeded Polikalepo Kolivai in Sigave. The French president at the time, [[François Hollande]], attended the installation ceremony.