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This article lists political parties in Wallis and Futuna. Wallis and Futuna has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
Some of the French political parties are active in Wallis and Futuna.
No current parties exist in Wallis and Futuna | |
Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast, Samoa to the east, and Tokelau to the northeast.
Politics of Wallis and Futuna takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic French overseas collectivity, whereby the President of the Territorial Assembly is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government.
The Voice of the Wallis and Futuna Peoples is a political party in the French collectivité d'outre-mer of Wallis and Futuna. It was established during the political realignment around the 2002 Wallis and Futuna Territorial Assembly election, when some members of the Rally for the Republic and the People's Union for Wallis and Futuna formed a coalition following the election of Patalione Kanimoa as President of the Assembly. In response, former President Soane Uhila and five other Assembly members formed the VPWF.
The People's Union for Wallis and Futuna is a political party in the French collectivité d'outre-mer of Wallis and Futuna. In the legislative elections of March 10, 2002, it won 6 out of 20 seats in the Territorial Assembly.
The Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna is the legislature of Wallis and Futuna. It consists of 20 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies. The Assembly sits in Mata Utu, the capital of the territory.
Wallisian, or ʻUvean, is the Polynesian language spoken on Wallis Island. The language is also known as East Uvean to distinguish it from the related West Uvean language spoken on the outlier island of Ouvéa near New Caledonia. The latter island was colonised from Wallis Island in the 18th century.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Wallis and Futuna:
The constituency of Wallis and Futuna is a French legislative constituency covering the whole of the overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. It is represented in the XVIth legislature by Mikaele Seo of Renaissance who defeated fellow centrist Etuato Mulikihaamea in the 2022 election.
Rugby union in Wallis and Futuna is a popular sport within the French overseas territory.
Overseas France consists of 13 French territories outside Europe, mostly the remnants of the French colonial empire that remained a part of the French state under various statuses after decolonisation. Most, but not all are part of the European Union.
Kolopopo is a village in Wallis and Futuna, which is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific containing 36 villages. It is located in Mua District on the southwest coast of Wallis Island. Its population according to the 2018 census was 99 people. The population has declined in this area due to lack of job opportunities and political tension on the main island. The currency used is Comptoirs Français du Pacifique (CFP) Franc.
Napole Polutélé is a French politician.
The Wallis and Futuna Rugby Committee is a committee under the umbrella of the French Rugby Federation which is the governing body for rugby union within Wallis and Futuna.
Nivaleta Iloai was a politician from Wallis and Futuna. She served as the first female president of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna from April 1 to December 11, 2013, as well as November 26, 2020 to March 25, 2022.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Wallis and Futuna is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna on 16 October 2020. As of 24 August 2021, there have been 454 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 7 deaths reported to WHO. The last reported confirmed case was reported in April 2021.
Mikaele Kulimoetoke is a Wallisian politician and member of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna. He was president of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna from 2014 to 2017. He has represented Wallis and Futuna in the Senate of France since 2020.
Vetelino Nau is a Wallisian politician and former member of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna. He was President of the Territorial Assembly from April to November 2012.
Kamilo Gata was a Wallisian politician who represented Wallis and Futuna in the French National Assembly from 1989 to 1997. A lawyer, he left the local Rally for the Republic to found his own party, the People's Union for Wallis and Futuna, and won the 1989 legislative election against Benjamin Brial. Throughout his political career, his party the UPWF never obtained a majority in territorial elections. Re-elected in 1993, he served a second term. He was defeated in the 1997 French legislative election as well as in the senatorial election of 1998. He became social and economic adviser of Wallis-and-Futuna in 1999. He was the husband of politician Kalala Gata-Kilifekai.
Benjamin Brial was a Wallisian politician who represented Wallis and Futuna in the French National Assembly from 1967 to 1988 as part of the Union of Democrats for the Republic and then the Rally for the Republic. He was a member of the Brial family, involved in trade and politics in Wallis and Futuna.
