Robert Laufoaulu (born 7 July 1947) is a Wallisian politician. He represented Wallis and Futuna in the

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from 1998 to 2020. A teacher by profession, Laufoaulu was first elected to the Senate in 1998. He was not one of the six candidates in the first round, who all sat in the territorial assembly, but was nominated for the second round by the alliance of parties opposed to candidate Kamilo Gata , former deputy for Wallis-and-Futuna. He won the second round by 14 votes to 7. He was re-elected in the first round in the Senatorial elections of 2008 and 2014. In the Senate he sat as a member of Rally for the Republic, then the

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, then Les Republicans, before joining

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in 2018. In 2016, he was financially sanctioned for absenteeism. In the 2016 Republicans presidential primary he supported

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. In the first round of the

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he supported

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, who obtained 28.5% of the vote in Wallis and Futuna, against 20% nationally. He stood for re-election in 2020, but was defeated by Mikaele Kulimoetoke in the second round.

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1947 births Living people Wallis and Futuna politicians Union for a Popular Movement politicians Gaullism, a way forward for France French senators of the Fifth Republic Senators of Wallis and Futuna {{WallisFutuna-bio-stub