Jean Juventin (9 March 1928 – 28 May 2019) was a French politician. He was mayor of

Papeete Papeete (Tahitian language, Tahitian: ''Papeete'', pronounced ) is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the France, French Republic in the Pacific Ocean. The Communes of France, commune of Papeete is located on the isl ...

from 1977 to 1995. He was also president of the

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from 1988 to 1991 and again from 1992 to 1995 and a deputy of the

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for

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from 1978 to 1986 and 1993 to 1997. He was a member of the

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political party.

Biography

A school teacher then school director, Jean Juventin was a member of the autonomist party

Here Ai'a Here Ai’a ( en, Love of the Land), also known as Te Pupu Here Ai'a Te Nunaa ia Ora ( en, Patriotic Group for an Autonomous Polity), is a pro-independence political party in French Polynesia. It was founded by John Teariki and Henri Bouvier in 1 ...

created in 1965 by John Teariki to replace the dissolved

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in 1963. In 1967 he was elected to the Council of Government by the Territorial Assembly.New moves on internal self-government in French Polynesia
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', 1 December 1967, pp16–18 He was elected mayor of Papeete in the municipal elections of 13 March 1977, and was re-elected on 6 March 1983 and 13 March 1989. In March 1978, he was elected to the

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, and was re-elected in

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, serving until

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. He was elected to the National Assembly again in

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, serving until

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. He became president of Here Ai'a after the accidental death of John Teariki in 1983.

References

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