James Heaux

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James Heaux
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly
for Windward Isles 2
Assumed office
17 May 2018
Personal details
Born1984 [1]
Political party Tahoera'a Huiraatira
Tavini Huiraatira

James Heaux (born 1984) is a French Polynesian broadcaster, politician, and Member of the Assembly of French Polynesia. He is currently a member of Tavini Huiraatira.

Heaux worked as a television anchor for Polynésie la 1ère before entering politics. [2] [3] [4] He was elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia at the 2018 French Polynesian legislative election as a candidate for Tahoera'a Huiraatira. [5] [6] In March 2020 he was a candidate on the Tavini list for municipal elections in Papeete. As a result, Tahoera'a leader Gaston Flosse attempted to exclude him from the party. [7] [8] In March 2022 he formally resigned from the Tahoera'a, leading to its parliamentary group no longer being recognised in the Assembly. [9] In June 2022 he joined the Tavini. [4] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "James HEAUX". Assemblée de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "James Heaux : " Il n'y a aucun texte qui interdit à un journaliste de faire de la politique "" (in French). TNTV. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Elections legislatives: le dispositif de Polynesie 1ère" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Pro-independence party in Tahiti wins another assembly member". RNZ. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Territoriales 2018 : Le nouveau visage de l'Assemblée" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Territoriales : les résultats définitifs publiés par le haut-commissariat" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Gaston Flosse veut exclure James Heaux du Tahoera'a" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Tahiti's Tahoeraa set to expel assembly member". RNZ. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Le groupe Tahoera'a implose et disparaît de l'assemblée" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "Le groupe A Here ia Porinetia recréé à l'assemblée" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.


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