Léon Lichtlé, also known as Léon Témooheiteaoa (born 26 May 1941), is a former
French Polynesia
)Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze")
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n politician and
Cabinet Minister
A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, ...
. He served as Mayor of
Ua Huka for 30 years. He was a member of
E'a Api.
In 1978 he established a citrus arboretum in
Ua Huka.
He was elected to the
Assembly of French Polynesia
The Assembly of French Polynesia (french: Assemblée de la Polynésie française, Tahitian: Te apo'ora'a rahi o te fenua Mā'ohi) is the unicameral legislature of French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French Republic. It is located at Plac ...
in the
1977 French Polynesian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in French Polynesia on 29 May 1977 for the Assembly of French Polynesia, Territorial Assembly. Autonomist parties won a majority, with the United Front of Francis Sanford winning 13 seats and Sanford allies a furthe ...
. He was elected as mayor of
Ua Huka in 1979. In September 2007 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture in the government of
Oscar Temaru.
References
Living people
1941 births
People from the Marquesas Islands
Members of the Assembly of French Polynesia
Government ministers of French Polynesia
Mayors of places in French Polynesia
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