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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