Charlene Evelyn Dolly Warren-Peu (born 9 June 1979)Who Are the Pitcairners?
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, who served as Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands from January 2020 to December 2022. She had previously served as Deputy Mayor from 2016 to 2019 and Member of the Island Council from 2014 to 2015. Warren-Peu was the first woman to hold the position of mayor on a permanent basis.

Biography

Warren-Peu was born on Pitcairn to Carol and

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, and is an eighth-generation descendant of the ''Bounty'' mutineers that originally settled Pitcairn. Her mother was jointly one of the first women to sit on the Island Council, while her father was Magistrate of Pitcairn in 1991 and mayor from 2005 to 2007. Warren-Peu runs the island post office, manages a homestay for visitors, and produces honey with her husband Vaine Warren-Peu, a

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. The couple have five children. Warren-Peu was elected to the Island Council in

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

.Election
Dem Tull, October 2013 She was elected Deputy Mayor in

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

and re-elected to the post in

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

. In the 2019 general elections, she was elected mayor.Charlene Warren-Peu, Pitcairn Island's first female mayor
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Ancestry

References

1979 births Living people Mayors of the Pitcairn Islands Members of the Island Council of the Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands women in politics {{Pitcairn-politician-stub