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- ↑ Le président - Assemblée de la Polynésie française
- ↑ "The rise and rise of French Polynesia's Gaston Flosse". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 56, no. 3. 1 March 1985. p. 55. Retrieved 7 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
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- ↑ "Leontieff FP President". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 59, no. 1. 1 January 1988. p. 25. Retrieved 2 February 2021– via National Library of Australia.
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