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- ↑ "Résultats de l'élection présidentielle 2017 Wallis-et-Futuna" (in French). L'Express. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ↑ Sofia Folautanoa (28 September 2020). "Mikaele Kulimoetoke élu sénateur de Wallis et Futuna" (in French). FranceInfo. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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