Eliane Tevahitua | |
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Vice-President of French Polynesia | |
In office 15 May 2023 –3 June 2024 | |
President | Moetai Brotherson |
Preceded by | Jean-Christophe Bouissou |
Minister of Culture and the Environment | |
Assumed office 15 May 2023 | |
Preceded by | Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu |
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly for Windward Isles 3 | |
In office 5 May 2013 –30 April 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Papeete,French Polynesia [1] | 23 July 1958
Political party | Union For Democracy Tavini Huiraatira |
Eliane Tevahitua (born 23 July 1958) is a French Polynesian politician and Cabinet Minister who was Vice-President of French Polynesia from 2023 to 2024. [2] She is a member of Tavini Huiraatira.
Tevahitua was born in Papeete and worked as a midwife. From 1994 to 2013 she was director of the School of Midwives. [1] In 2008 she graduated from the University of French Polynesia with a doctorate in Polynesian civilisation. [1] Her thesis was on the toponymy of the lands of Fa 'a'äand Tahitian land representations. [1] She then worked as secretary of the Union of French-speaking women of Oceania (UFFO). [3]
She was elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia on the Union For Democracy (UPLD) list at the 2013 French Polynesian legislative election. [4] In the Assembly she served on the Permanent Commission,and the Budget and Finance Committee. [5] She was an advocate for nuclear-test victims,forcing the government to disclose more information on the health toll of French fallout. [6] [7] She was re-elected at the 2018 election as a Tavini candidate. [8] [9] In 2020 she opposed French immigration to Polynesia,calling it colonialist. [10] During the Covid-19 pandemic she denounced the government response as inadequate,and called for the introduction of mass-testing to protect the population. [11] [12] She later urged the use of Chinese or Russian vaccines rather than waiting for France to supply them. [13]
She was not included in Tavini's final list for the 2023 election. [14] Following the Tāvini's election win she was appointed Vice-President and Minister of Culture and the Environment in Moetai Brotherson's new cabinet. [15] [16]
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