Mireille Laufilitoga is a politician from

Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (; french: Wallis-et-Futuna or ', Fakauvea and Fakafutuna: '), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji ...

. She has been a member of 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 ...

since 2012, serving as president of the Permanent Committee from 2017 to 2022. An

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, she represents the

Mua District Mua (also spelled Mu'a, Uvean for "first") is one of the 5 districts of Wallis and Futuna, located in Wallis Island, in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Chiefdom of Uvea. Geography Located in the southern side of the island, Mua borders with ...

Political career

Mireille Laufilitoga was elected for her first five-year term as a member of the

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. She represents the

on Wallis as an independent candidate. She was reelected in the

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and

2022 Wallis and Futuna Territorial Assembly election Elections for the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna were held on 20 March 2022 where all 20 seats were up for election. Background The 2017 Wallis and Futuna Territorial Assembly election saw 19 electoral lists sharing the 20 seats of the ...

s. During her time in the Assembly, she has served on various committees including the financial, regional integration, agriculture, and women's issues committees. From 2017 to 2022, she served as president of the Permanent Committee. Laufilitoga ran as an alternate candidate for

Robert Laufoaulu Robert Laufoaulu (born 7 July 1947) is a Wallisian politician. He represented Wallis and Futuna in the Senate of France from 1998 to 2020. A teacher by profession, Laufoaulu was first elected to the Senate in 1998. He was not one of the six can ...

and

David Vergé David Vergé (born 10 January 1972) is a Wallisian politician. He represented Wallis and Futuna in the French National Assembly from 2012 to 2013 and was president of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna from 2017 to 2019. Vergé was ...

, respectively, to represent Wallis and Futuna in the

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in 2014 and 2020.

Other

Laufilitoga is also known as a singer. In 2007, she released the album ''Nuanua'' with her cousin, the Wallisian singer Sosefo Tukumuli.

References

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