Teura Iriti (born 7 January 1965) is a

French Polynesia French Polynesia ( ; ; ) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole #Governance, overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over more than in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. The t ...

n politician, member of the

Assembly of French Polynesia The Assembly of French Polynesia (, ; Tahitian: ''Te apoʻoraʻa rahi o te fenua Māʻohi'') is the unicameral legislature of French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French Republic. It is located at Place Tarahoi in Papeete, Tahiti. It wa ...

, and former member of the

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. Since June 2020 she has served as Mayor of Arue. Originally a member of Tahoera'a Huiraatira party, she is now a member of

Tāpura Huiraʻatira Tapura Huiraatira () is a political party in French Polynesia. It was founded on 20 February 2016 by members of Tahoera'a Huiraatira (), a parliamentary coalition in the Assembly of French Polynesia, as well as other smaller parties such as Fet ...

. She has been President of the

Arue, French Polynesia Arue is a commune in the suburbs of Papeete in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Arue is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands,Assembly of French Polynesia The Assembly of French Polynesia (, ; Tahitian: ''Te apoʻoraʻa rahi o te fenua Māʻohi'') is the unicameral legislature of French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French Republic. It is located at Place Tarahoi in Papeete, Tahiti. It wa ...

: she is elected Senator in the first round with 411 votes. Her election was invalidated on 6 February 2015 by the

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. She was re-elected to the

at the

2013 French Polynesian legislative election Legislative elections were held in French Polynesia on 21 April and 5 May 2013. The result was a landslide victory for the Tahoera'a Huiraatira party, which won 38 of the 57 seats in the Assembly. Electoral system The election was held using a ...

. Candidate in the 2017 legislative elections in the second constituency, Iriti came second in the first round on 3 June, thirteen points behind Nicole Sanquer, Tapura Huiraatira candidate. In June 2017 she was elected as the Tahoera'a's leader in the Assembly, following the resignation of Marcel Tuihani. She was re-elected in the 2018 election, and was the Tahoera'a's candidate for President of the Assembly, losing to

Gaston Tong Sang Gaston Tong Sang (born 7 August 1949 in Bora Bora) is a French Polynesian politician and is the former President of French Polynesia. He served terms as President of French Polynesia from November 2009 until April 2011, from April 2008 until Fe ...

. In June 2020 she was elected mayor of Arue, defeating Philip Schyle. The election was overturned in November 2021 due to illegal proxy voting, but she was re-elected in January 2022. In March 2022 the resignation of two MPs from the party resulted in the Tahoera'a no longer being recognised in the Assembly and Iriti became an unaligned MP. In May 2022 she joined the

. In the 2023 election she ran as a Tapura candidate, and was successfully elected after being placed first on the list of the Windward Isles 1 constituency, ahead of party president

Édouard Fritch Winfred Édouard Tereori Fritch (born 4 January 1952) is a French Polynesian politician who served as President of French Polynesia from 2014 to 2023. He previously presided over the Assembly of French Polynesia on three occasions: from April 200 ...

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