Eliane Tevahitua
Vice-President of French Polynesia
Assumed office
15 May 2023
PresidentMoetai Brotherson
Preceded byJean-Christophe Bouissou
Minister of Culture and the Environment
Assumed office
15 May 2023
Preceded byHeremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly
for Windward Isles 3
In office
5 May 2013 – 30 April 2023
Personal details
Born (1958-07-23) 23 July 1958[1]
Papeete, French Polynesia[1]
Political partyUnion For Democracy
Tavini Huiraatira

Eliane Tevahitua (born 23 July 1958) is a French Polynesian politician and Cabinet Minister who is currently vice-president of French Polynesia. She is a member of Tavini Huiraatira.

Tevahitua was born in Papeete and worked as a midwife. From 1994 to 2013 she was director of the School of Midwives.[1] In 2008 she graduated from the University of French Polynesia with a doctorate in Polynesian civilisation.[1] Her thesis was on the toponymy of the lands of Fa 'a'ä and Tahitian land representations.[1] She then worked as secretary of the Union of French-speaking women of Oceania (UFFO).[2]

She was elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia on the Union For Democracy (UPLD) list at the 2013 French Polynesian legislative election.[3] In the Assembly she served on the Permanent Commission, and the Budget and Finance Committee.[4] She was an advocate for nuclear-test victims, forcing the government to disclose more information on the health toll of French fallout.[5][6] She was re-elected at the 2018 election as a Tavini candidate.[7][8] In 2020 she opposed French immigration to Polynesia, calling it colonialist.[9] During the Covid-19 pandemic she denounced the government response as inadequate, and called for the introduction of mass-testing to protect the population.[10][11] She later urged the use of Chinese or Russian vaccines rather than waiting for France to supply them.[12]

She was not included in Tavini's final list for the 2023 election.[13] Following the Tāvini's election win she was appointed vice-president and Minister of Culture and the Environment in Moetai Brotherson's new cabinet.[14][15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Biographie". Groupe Tavini Huira'atira. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Egalité des sexes: des femmes planchent pour améliorer l'autonomie économique des femmes polynésiennes" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "La composition de la nouvelle Assemblée de Polynésie" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 5 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Commissions de l'assemblée: la liste des membres" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Le nombre de malades du cancer divulgué" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "French Polynesia publishes cancer figures". RNZ. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Territoriales : les noms des leaders du Tavini Huira'atira ont été dévoilés" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Territoriales 2018 : Le nouveau visage de l'Assemblée" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Les mots du président sur les "blancs" et les "basanés ma'ohi"" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "Tevahitua et Fritch s'écharpent sur le Covid" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "French Polynesia Opposition calls for mass testing". RNZ. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "Le Tavini "exhorte" le Pays à commander des vaccins russes ou chinois" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "Eliane Tevahitua sortie de la liste du Tavini" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "La liste des ministres du gouvernement Moetai Brotherson" (in French). Polynesie1. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "Le gouvernement bleu pastel de Brotherson" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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