Tearii Alpha | |
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Vice-President of French Polynesia | |
In office 17 September 2020 –4 November 2021 | |
President | Édouard Fritch |
Preceded by | Teva Rohfritsch |
Succeeded by | Jean-Christophe Bouissou |
In office 1 March 2011 –1 April 2011 | |
President | Gaston Tong Sang |
Preceded by | Édouard Fritch |
Succeeded by | Antony Géros |
Minister of Agriculture,Blue Economy and Industry | |
In office 17 September 2020 –15 May 2023 | |
President | Édouard Fritch |
Preceded by | Teva Rohfritsch (Blue Economy) |
Succeeded by | Taivini Teai |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 December 1971 |
Political party | Tapura Huiraatira To Tatou Aia |
Tearii Te Moana Alpha (born 5 December 1971) is a French Polynesian politician. Since 2014 he has served as Mayor of Teva I Uta. [1] He was Vice-President of French Polynesia briefly in 2011,and again from 2020-2021. He is a founding member of Tahoeraa Huiraatira. [2]
In 1997 Alpha completed a thesis in biological sciences at the French Pacific University. [3]
In October 2004 he was appointed Minister of Fisheries in the government of Gaston Flosse. [4] In December of that year he was appointed as head of Tahoeraa Huiraatira's youth wing. [4] He later served as Minister of Lands. [5]
On 2 March 2011 he was appointed as Vice President by Gaston Tong Sang,replacing Édouard Fritch. [6] He ran for the French National Assembly as a candidate for To Tatou Aia in the 2012 election. [7]
In march 2014 he was elected mayor of Teva I Uta,defeating Valentina Cross. [8]
In April 2018,in the leadup to the 2018 elections,he was accused with other Tapura Huiraatira members of using public money to fund his election campaign. [9] In September 2020 he was appointed vice-president following the resignation of Teva Rohfritsch. [10] [11]
On 14 February 2021 he was elected as president of the community of municipalities of Tereheamanu. [12]
In August 2021 a wedding ceremony for Alpha reportedly violated Covid-19 rules. [13] [14] In November 2021 he was fired as Vice-President after refusing to comply with the territory's mandatory vaccination law. [2] [15] [16] However,he retained his ministerial portfolios, [17] a decision which led to the resignation from Cabinet of Nicole Bouteau. [18] He was replaced as Vice-President by Jean-Christophe Bouissou. [18]
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