Putai Taae | |
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Mayor of Papara | |
In office 26 October 2015 –7 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Christelle Lehartel |
Succeeded by | Gaston Tunoa |
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly for Windward Isles 2 | |
In office 17 May 2018 –30 April 2023 | |
In office 17 May 2013 –15 August 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1961 [1] |
Political party | Tahoera'a Huiraatira Tapura Huiraatira Tavini Huiraatira |
Putai Taae (born 1961) is a French Polynesian politician and former Member of the Assembly of French Polynesia. He is a member of Tapura Huiraatira.
Taae first entered the Assembly of French Polynesia after the 2013 French Polynesian legislative election,as a replacement for Tearii Alpha who had been appointed to Cabinet. [2] In May 2015 he joined Tapura Huiraatira. [1] In October 2015 he was elected Mayor of Papara in a by-election [3] after the 2014 Papara municipal elections were annulled by the French Council of State. [4] He lost his seat in the Assembly in August 2017,when Nicole Sanquer left Cabinet after being elected to the French National Assembly. [5] He was re-elected to the Assembly as a Tapura candidate at the 2018 election. [6]
In April 2019 he was charged with breach of trust over the allocation of funds to a town association while mayor. [7] [8] In May 2019 he was convicted and sentenced to a suspended jail sentence,a US$20,000 fine,and banned from holding public office for 2 years. [9] [10] As a result he lost his position as Mayor,but stayed in the Assembly pending the resolution of his appeal. [11] In November 2021 the conviction was upheld on appeal,and he was resentenced to an identical sentence. [12] Taae appealed the sentence again,and so retained his seat in the Assembly. [13] In December 2021 the Papara municipal council was informed that Taae was being investigated for abuse of office while mayor. [14]
In September 2022 he briefly joined Tavini Huiraatira, [15] but returned to the Tapura in December [16] after opposition from Tavini activists. [17] He was not re-elected at the 2023 election
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