Vetelino Nau is a

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politician and former member of the

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. He was President of the Territorial Assembly from April to November 2012. Nau is from

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in Futuna and was a schoolteacher before entering politics. He was first elected to the Territorial Assembly in the 1997 election. In 2002 he was a founder of the

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(UPFW). He contested Wallis and Futuna's senate seat in the

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, losing to

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 ...

by 8 votes to 13. He was re-elected to the Territorial Assembly at the

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and elected as president of the assembly, becoming the first Socialist to hold the position. He was replaced by Sosefo Suve in November 2012. He contested the

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, but again lost to Robert Laufoaulu, this time by 7 votes to 15. Following the election he failed to present accounts of his campaign expenses, and was barred from office for a year. He was not re-elected at the 2017 election.

References

Living people Wallis and Futuna politicians Presidents of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna Year of birth missing (living people) {{WallisFutuna-politician-stub