Moʻorea,also spelled Moorea,is a volcanic island in French Polynesia. It is one of the Windward Islands,a group that is part of the Society Islands,17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Tahiti. The name comes from the Tahitian word Moʻoreʻa,meaning "yellow lizard":Moʻo = lizard ;Reʻa = yellow. An older name for the island is ʻAimeho,sometimes spelled ʻAimeo or ʻEimeo. Early Western colonists and voyagers also referred to Moʻorea as York Island or Santo Domingo.
Oscar Manutahi Temaru is a French politician. He has been President of French Polynesia,an overseas collectivity of France,on five occasions:in 2004,from 2005 to 2006,from 2007 to 2008,in 2009,and from 2011 to 2013 and mayor of Faa'a since 1983.
Gaston Flosse is a French politician who has been President of French Polynesia on five separate occasions. He is currently a member of the Senate of France and has been a French junior minister under Jacques Chirac. He received sentences for corruption,which are under appeal.
Faʻaʻā is a commune in the suburbs of Papeʻete in French Polynesia,an overseas country of France in the Pacific Ocean. Faʻaʻāis located on the island of Tahiti,in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands,themselves part of the Society Islands. At the 2017 census Faʻaʻāhad a population of 29,506,making it the most populous commune on Tahiti and in French Polynesia. Faʻaʻāhas many mountains inland that can reach 1,500 m (5,000 ft). Mount Marau is an extinct volcano in the inland limits and can be seen from nearby Moʻorea. The area of Faʻaʻāis 9 m (30 ft) above mean sea level on average.
Here Ai’a,also known as Te Pupu Here Ai'a Te Nunaa ia Ora,is a pro-independence political party in French Polynesia. It was founded by John Teariki and Henri Bouvier in 1965 following the banning of the pro-independence Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People (RDPT) by the colonial French government. Supported mainly by rural Polynesians,the party was a significant force in French Polynesian politics from its foundation until the early 1980's,before entering a decline following Teariki's death in 1983. The party is currently led by Gustave Taputu.
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Michel Buillard is a French Polynesian politician and former Cabinet Minister. Since 1995 he has served as the Mayor of Papeete. He was deputy of the National Assembly of France for French Polynesia's 1st constituency from 1997 to 2012. In the National Assembly,he was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. In the Assembly of French Polynesia,he is a member of Tapura Huiraatira.
Pouvana'a a O'opa was a Tahitian politician and advocate for French Polynesian independence. He is viewed as the metua (father) of French Polynesia's independence movement.
The Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People was a political party in French Oceania/French Polynesia. The party was led by Pouvanaa a Oopa.
Marcel Pouvanaa Oopa was a Tahitian politician,the son of the Tahitian leader Pouvanaa a Oopa. He belonged to the political party Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People (RDPT),led by his father. Marcel Oopa was a carpenter by profession.
The 1st constituency of French Polynesia is a French legislative constituency in French Polynesia.
Jean Juventin was a French politician. He was mayor of Papeete from 1977 to 1995. He was also president of the Assembly of French Polynesia from 1988 to 1991 and again from 1992 to 1995 and a deputy of the National Assembly for French Polynesia's 1st constituency from 1978 to 1986 and 1993 to 1997. He was a member of the Rally for the Republic political party.
Legislative elections were held in French Oceania on 18 January 1953,the first to the new Territorial Assembly,which replaced the Representative Assembly.
Martial Iorss was French Polynesian politician. He served as a member of the Territorial Assembly between 1953 and 1957.
Legislative elections were held in French Polynesia on 10 September 1967 for the Territorial Assembly. The result was a victory for pro-autonomy parties E'a Api and Pupu Here Ai'a,which won 16 of the 30 seats.
Marcel Hart was a French Polynesian politician. He became Mayor of Uturoa in 1959 and a member of the Territorial Assembly in 1962,holding both positions until his death in 1969.
Rosa Raoulx was a French Polynesian chief and politician. She was the first woman to become president of a local council in Tahiti,and served as a member of the Territorial Assembly between 1962 and 1970.
Legislative elections were held in French Polynesia on 10 September 1972 for the Territorial Assembly. Anti-autonomist parties won a majority.
Céline Oopa was a French Polynesian politician. She was elected to the Territorial Assembly in 1961,becoming its first female member.
Georges Ahnne was a French Polynesian politician who represented French Polynesia in the French National Assembly from 1946 until his death in 1949.
