Lana Tetuanui (née Hunter, 23 February 1970) is a French politician who has served as a Senator for French Polynesia since 2015. A member of

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, she has been elected to the

Assembly of French Polynesia The Assembly of French Polynesia (french: Assemblée de la Polynésie française, Tahitian: Te apo'ora'a rahi o te fenua Mā'ohi) is the unicameral legislature of French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French Republic. It is located at Plac ...

since 2001.

Career

Tetuanui was born in

Uturoa Uturoa is a commune located in Raiatea, the largest island of the Îles Sous le Vent (Leeward Islands) in French Polynesia. It is situated in between the administrative subdivision of Leeward Islands and the main port of the island of Raiatea ...

, on the island of

Raiatea Raiatea or Ra'iatea ( Tahitian: ''Ra‘iātea'') is the second largest of the Society Islands, after Tahiti, in French Polynesia. The island is widely regarded as the "centre" of the eastern islands in ancient Polynesia and it is likely that the ...

. Her husband Cyril Tetuanui has been Mayor of Tumaraa since the 2008 municipal election. In 2001, she was elected to the

for the Leeward Islands on the list led by

Oscar Temaru Oscar Manutahi Temaru (born November 1, 1944) is a French politician. He has been President of French Polynesia (''président de la Polynésie française''), an overseas collectivity of France, on five occasions: in 2004, from 2005 to 2006, from ...

. She became an ally of

Gaston Flosse Gaston Flosse (born 24 June 1931) is a French politician who has been President of French Polynesia on five separate occasions. He is currently a member of the Senate of France and has been a French junior minister under Jacques Chirac. He receiv ...

, serving as a cabinet minister from 2008 to 2011. A member of Tahoeraa Huiraatira, she became 1st Vice President of the Assembly in 2014, working with

Édouard Fritch Winfred Édouard Tereori Fritch (born 4 January 1952) is a French politician who has served as President of French Polynesia since 2014. He previously presided over the Assembly of French Polynesia on three occasions: from April 2007 to February ...

, elected

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that year. In 2015, she was elected to the Senate alongside

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 ...

, against the candidates presented by Flosse. She was expelled from her party, founding

in 2016, which would go on to win a majority in the 2018 legislative election. In September 2020 she was reelected to the Senate alongside fellow Tapura Huiraatira candidate

Teva Rohfritsch Teva Rohfritsch (born 3 February 1975) is a French Polynesian politician and former Cabinet Minister. Since 2020 he has been one of French Polynesia's two senators in the French Senate, sitting with the Rally of Democrats, Progressives and Indepe ...

. She was re-elected to the Assembly in the 2023 election.

References

1970 births Living people People from Raiatea French Polynesian women in politics 21st-century French women politicians Union of Democrats and Independents politicians Tapura Huiraatira politicians Members of the Assembly of French Polynesia Senators of French Polynesia Women members of the Senate (France) {{FrenchPolynesia-bio-stub