Luc Faatau | |
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Minister of Equipment and Transport | |
In office 13 January 2017 –24 May 2018 | |
President | Édouard Fritch |
Preceded by | Albert Solia |
Succeeded by | RenéTemeharo (Equipment) Jean-Christophe Bouissou (inter-island transport) |
Minister of Lands | |
In office 2007 –13 September 2007 | |
President | Gaston Tong Sang |
In office 26 October 2004 –3 March 2005 | |
President | Gaston Flosse |
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly for Windward Islands 3 | |
Assumed office 23 May 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1959 [1] |
Died | Tapura Huiraatira |
Luc Faatau (born 1959) is a French Polynesian politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Tapura Huiraatira.
Faatau is a former delegate of the Polynesian Society of Authors,Composers and Music Publishers. [2] He served as Minister of Lands in the 2004 cabinet of president Gaston Flosse, [3] and later under Gaston Tong Sang. [4] [5]
In January 2017 he was appointed to the cabinet of Édouard Fritch as Minister of Equipment and Transport. [4] [6] [7] He contested the 2018 French Polynesian legislative election as a candidate for the Tapura Huiraatira. [8] During the campaign he was accused of abusing Ministerial travel for the purposes of campaigning. [9] While not elected,he entered the Assembly of French Polynesia as a replacement for a government Minister after not being reappointed to Cabinet. [10] [11]
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