Tinomana Milou Ebb (27 October 1934 — 13 March 2009) was a

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n politician and

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who served as president of the

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from 1995 to 1996 and Mayor of

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from 1977 to 2001. He was a member of

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 ...

. He was the father of politician

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. Ebb was born in Papeetee and grew up in the Leeward Islands before moving to

Mataiea Mataiea is an associated commune on the island of Tahiti, in French Polynesia. It is the administrative centre of the commune of Teva I Uta.

to become a farmer. He became involved in business, and was chair of the Marama Nui electricity company. As chair, he commissioned the first hydroelectric power station in

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in 1981. He unsuccessfully contested the

1972 French Polynesian legislative election Legislative elections were held in French Polynesia on 10 September 1972 for the Assembly of French Polynesia, Territorial Assembly.

as a candidate for

. He was elected as mayor of

in March 1977, and later that year was elected to the

in the 1977 election as a United Front candidate. Following the resignation of

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in March 1978 he was appointed to the governing council as Minister of Health and Social Affairs. He resigned from the council in July 1979. He was re-elected at the 1982 election. Following the death of Here Ai'a leader

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in 1983 Ebb seemed likely to succeed him, but lost the position to Juventin. He subsequently split from the party and founded ''Te Aratia o te Nunaa''. Despite the split, at the 1986 election he ran alongside Juventin as part of the Amuitahira'a No Polynesia coalition, and at the 1991 election as part of the Polynesian Union. A coalition deal with president

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saw Juventin elected president of the Assembly, with Ebb as first vice-president. He rejoined Here Ai'a, but was thrown out of the party in June 1994 when the coalition collapsed. Ebb formed a new party, ''Te Avei’a Mau'', which supported Flosse's government. As a result, he was elected president of the Assembly in April 1995. He was re-elected at the 1996 election, but was the only member from his party. He lost the position of Assembly president, and subsequently joined Tahoera'a Huiraatira. After suffering a heart attack in December 2000, he was evacuated to

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for medical treatment. He retired from politics in 2001.

Honours

He was made a knight of the

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and the Ordre national du Mérite. In 2016 a school in Mataiea was named after him.

References

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