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- 1 2 "Emeni Simete : de la justice à la direction de l'enseignement catholique" (in French). France Info. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ↑ "Speaker elected in Wallis and Futuna". RNZ. 25 November 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ↑ "Wallis and Futuna chooses Taputai as assembly president". RNZ. 12 April 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- 1 2 Angleviel, Frederic (2008). "Wallis and Futuna in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007". The Contemporary Pacific. 20 (1): 251–254. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ↑ "Décret du 18 mars 2013 portant nomination d'un magistrat - M. SIMETE (Ermenegilde)" (in French). JORF. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
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