Nicole Bouteau

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Nicole Bouteau
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Bouteau in 2017
Personal details
Born1969 (age 53–54)
Political party Ia Ora te Nuna'a
Tapura Huiraatira
Alliance for a New Democracy
No Oe E Te Nunaa

Nicole Bouteau (born 1969) is a French Polynesian politician. She is a member of the Assembly of French Polynesia and a former Minister of Tourism. [1]

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Education

Bouteau has a masters degree from the University of French Polynesia. [1]

Political career

Bouteau is a member of the Assembly of French Polynesia, representing the Windward Islands (Iles du vent) in 2003-2008 and since May 2013. She is a member of the Tapura Huiraatira party but has previously been a member of Rassemblement pour une majorité autonomiste and A Ti'a Porinetia  [ fr ]. In April 2003 she founded the No Oe E Te Nunaa party. [2] At the 2004 election president Gaston Flosse lost his majority, and Bouteau sided with pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru. [3] Following the collapse of Temaru's government she united with Philip Schyle to contest the Windward Islands by-elections as the Alliance for a New Democracy (ADN). [4] [5] As ADN leader she voted to topple Flosse's government, [6] but abstained on the presidential vote which followed. [7] In August 2006 she was forced to vacate her seat in the Assembly due to election funding irregularities. [8] Following her disqualification she ran for the French National Assembly, [9] but was unsuccessful. [10] She subsequently contested the 2008 election as the leader of No Oe E Te Nunaa. The party was the only party to cross the 5% threshold in the first round of voting, but refused to form an alliance for the second round, [11] and failed to win any seats.

In 2009 she ran for a seat in the European Parliament. [12]

She held the position of Minister of Tourism in 2001-2002 and 2017-2021 (Ministre du Tourisme et de l’Artisanat traditionnel March-May 2001; Ministre du Tourisme, de l’Environnement et de la Condition féminine, March 2001-April 2002; Ministre du Tourisme, des Transports internationaux, chargée des Relations avec les institutions, January 2017-May 2018; Ministre du tourisme, du travail en charge des transports internationaux et des relations avec les institutions, May 2018-November 2021. [1] She resigned in November 2021 in protest after Tearii Alpha, a minister opposing government policy on Covid vaccination, was allowed to stay in the government. [13] [14]

She is also a member of the municipal council for the commune of Papeete, the capital city of French Polynesia, elected most recently in June 2020. [15]

In the 2022 French legislative election, she contested French Polynesia's 1st constituency but lost to Tematai Le Gayic. [16]

In September 2022 she joined Teva Rohfritsch and Philip Schyle in resigning from Tapura Huiraatira, citing disappointment with Edouard Fritch's government. [17] In December 2022 she and Rohfritsch founded the Ia Ora te Nuna'a party. [18]

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  2. ↑ "NEW POLITICAL PARTIES IN NEW CALEDONIA, FRENCH POLYNESIA". Pacific Islands Report. 15 April 2003. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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  12. ↑ "European election campaign to end for weekend polls". RNZ. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  13. ↑ "Fritch names Bouissou as new VP of French Polynesia". RNZ. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
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  15. ↑ "Tableau du conseil municipal" (PDF). Commune de Papeete. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
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  17. ↑ "Three former key Tapura members ponder founding new party in Tahiti". RNZ. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  18. ↑ "Ex-ministers form new party in French Polynesia". RNZ. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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