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2002 Wallis And Futuna Territorial Assembly Election
Legislative elections for the Territorial Assembly were held in Wallis and Futuna on 10 March 2002. 32 lists contested the vote. The result was a victory for the coalition of Rally for the Republic and Voice of the Wallis and Futuna Peoples, which won 13 of the 20 seats. Following the election Patalione Kanimoa Patalione Kanimoa is a Wallisian politician from Wallis and Futuna, a French overseas collectivity in the South Pacific. He was President of the Territorial Assembly in the French government of the Wallis and Futuna. He was nominated by the Fren ... was re-elected as President of the Territorial Assembly by 12 votes to 7, with one member absent due to illness. Results References Elections in Wallis and Futuna Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Wallis Territorial elections Wallis {{WallisFutuna-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Wallis And Futuna Territorial Assembly Election
Territorial Assembly elections were held in Wallis and Futuna on 15 March 1997. 34 lists competed for the twenty seats in the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna The Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna (French: ''Assemblée Territoriale''; Wallisian and Futunan: ''Fono fakatelituale'') is the legislature of Wallis and Futuna. It consists of 20 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional .... Assembly president Keleto Lakalaka was not re-elected. Elections in four of the five constituencies were later annulled by the French Constitutional Council, with only Sigave's results withstanding scrutiny. Elected members References Elections in Wallis and Futuna 1997 elections in Oceania Territorial elections {{WallisFutuna-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Wallis And Futuna Territorial Assembly Election
Territorial Assembly elections were held in Wallis and Futuna on 1 April 2007. Of the twenty-six lists contesting the election, twenty won one seat each in an election that has been described as "having elected members along mainly clan lines". Three new members were elected, and turnout was 71 per cent. The new president of the Territorial Assembly should have been chosen on 6 April 2007, but this was delayed until 11 April 2007 due to bad weather. On that date, Pesamino Taputai Pesamino Taputai (born 20 March 1949) is a Wallisian politician and former member of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna. He was President of the Territorial Assembly twice, from April to December 2007, and from 2011 to 2012. He was ... was elected with 12 votes in favour. Results References Elections in Wallis and Futuna Wallis Territorial elections Election and referendum articles with incomplete results April 2007 events in Oceania {{WallisFutuna-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Assembly Of Wallis And Futuna
The Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna (French: ''Assemblée Territoriale''; Wallisian and Futunan: ''Fono fakatelituale'') is the legislature of Wallis and Futuna. It consists of 20 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies. The Assembly sits in Mata Utu, the capital of the territory. History The Assembly was established by article 11 of the 1961 statute which established Wallis and Futuna as an overseas territory. Elections The territorial assembly consists of 20 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies. ʻUvea has 13 seats — 6 for the Mua District, 4 for the Hahake District, and 3 for the Hihifo District. Futuna has 7 seats, 4 for the Alo District and 3 for Sigave. The electoral system uses a closed list, with voters voting for a single party. The seats are distributed in each constituency using the highest averages method. Latest election Powers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patalione Kanimoa
Patalione Kanimoa is a Wallisian politician from Wallis and Futuna, a French overseas collectivity in the South Pacific. He was President of the Territorial Assembly in the French government of the Wallis and Futuna. He was nominated by the French president Jacques Chirac on 18 January 2005. On 17 April 2016, he was chosen by a rival chief council to be the new king of 'Uvea Wallis ( Wallisian: ''Uvea'') is a Polynesian atoll/island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity (''collectivité d'outre-mer'', or ''COM'') of Wallis and Futuna. It lies north of Tonga, northeast of Fiji, east-no ..., even though the island had already a king, Tominiko Halagahu, who was installed the previous day. After almost two months of dispute, Kanimoa was officially confirmed by the administrator-superior of the French Republic as king on 3 June 2016, and has been reigning over the kingdom ever since. References Living people Year of birth missing (living peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rally For The Republic
The Rally for the Republic (french: Rassemblement pour la République ; RPR ), was a Gaullist and conservative political party in France. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR), it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullist politics. On 21 September 2002, the RPR was merged into the Union for the Presidential Majority, later renamed the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). History The defense of the Gaullist identity against President Giscard d'Estaing (1976–1981) In 1974, the divisions in the Gaullist movement permitted the election of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to the Presidency of the French Republic. Representing the pro-European and Orleanist centre-right, he was the first non-Gaullist becoming head of state since the beginning of the Fifth Republic in 1958. However, the Gaullist Party remained the main force in parliament and Jacques Chirac was appointed Prime Minister. Chirac resigned in August 1976 and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice Of The Wallis And Futuna Peoples
The Voice of the Wallis and Futuna Peoples () is a political party in the French ''collectivité d'outre-mer'' of Wallis and Futuna. It was established during the political realignment around the 2002 Wallis and Futuna Territorial Assembly election, when some members of the Rally for the Republic and the People's Union for Wallis and Futuna formed a coalition following the election of Patalione Kanimoa Patalione Kanimoa is a Wallisian politician from Wallis and Futuna, a French overseas collectivity in the South Pacific. He was President of the Territorial Assembly in the French government of the Wallis and Futuna. He was nominated by the Fren ... as President of the Assembly. In response, former President Soane Uhila and five other Assembly members formed the VPWF. References Political parties in Wallis and Futuna {{WallisFutuna-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Likuvalu
Apeleto "Albert" Likuvalu (born 14 November 1943) is a politician from Wallis and Futuna. He ran as a socialist candidate in 2002, receiving 928 votes in the first round and coming third. In 2005 after an alliance between the socialists and centre-right parties he was elected President of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna. While president, he supported the '' Lavelua'', Tomasi Kulimoetoke II, in his dispute with the French colonial government; as a result France's overseas territories minister Francois Baroin refused to meet with him. He was replaced as president of the assembly in November 2005, and later served as leader of the opposition. He was elected to the National Assembly of France in the 2007 French legislative election, the second time that a socialist candidate had been elected from Wallis and Futuna. As a deputy he sat with the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left group in the Assembly. He lost his seat in 2012. He ran for the Senate in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |