Patalione Kanimoa is a Wallisian 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 ...

, a

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in the South Pacific. He was President of the Territorial Assembly in the

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of the

. He was nominated by the

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Jacques Chirac on 18 January 2005. On 17 April 2016, he was chosen by a rival chief council to be the new king of

'Uvea Wallis ( Wallisian: ''Uvea'') is a Polynesian atoll/island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity (''collectivité d'outre-mer'', or ''COM'') of Wallis and Futuna. It lies north of Tonga, northeast of Fiji, east-no ...

, even though the island had already a king, Tominiko Halagahu, who was installed the previous day. After almost two months of dispute, Kanimoa was officially confirmed by the administrator-superior of the French Republic as king on 3 June 2016, and has been reigning over the kingdom ever since.

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