Valentina Hina Cross (born 1964) is a

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n politician and Member of the

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. From 2008 to 2014 she served as mayor of

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. She is a member of Tavini Huiraatira. She was elected mayor of

in 2008. She lost the mayoralty in the 2014 municipal elections. Cross first served in the Assembly of French Polynesia from 2001 to 2004. She was re-elected at the

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, and again on the Union For Democracy (UPLD) list at the 2013 election. In May 2016 she was charged with defamation by then-Vice president

Nuihau Laurey Nuihau Laurey (born 29 December 1964) is a French Polynesian politician and former Cabinet Minister. He was vice-president of French Polynesia from 2014-2017 and one of the two senators for French Polynesia from 2015 to 2020. He was acting presid ...

over comments made during a debate about electricity supply. In October 2017 she was convicted and fined US$1000 and ordered to pay damages of US$1000 for alleging that Laurey showed favourtism towards power company EDT. The verdict was overturned on appeal in August 2020. She was the Tavini candidate for

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in the

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, but lost to

Nicole Sanquer Nicole Sanquer (born 16 June 1972) is a French Polynesian politician, and former Cabinet Minister. She was a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022. Elected as a member of Tapura Huiraatira, she sits in the UDI and Independents ...

. In January 2018 she spoke out against a proposal from the French Polynesian government for

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to establish an autonomous floating city in the Atimaono lagoon off

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. Tourism Minister Jean-Christophe Bouissou denied that there had been any agreement. The government later admitted that it had signed an agreement, but that it had no legal effect and had expired. Cross was re-elected as a Tavini candidate in the 2018 election.

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