Frédéric Riveta (born 19 July 1954) is a

French Polynesia French Polynesia ( ; ; ) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole #Governance, overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over more than in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. The t ...

n politician and former

Cabinet Minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ' prime minister', ' p ...

. He is a member of

Tapura Huiraatira ''Tapura'' is a genus of plant in the family Dichapetalaceae.Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ , Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Onl ...

. Riveta has been mayor of

Rurutu Rūrutu is the northernmost island in the Austral archipelago of French Polynesia, and the name of a commune consisting solely of that island. It is situated south of Tahiti. Its land area is .Assembly of French Polynesia The Assembly of French Polynesia (, ; Tahitian: ''Te apoʻoraʻa rahi o te fenua Māʻohi'') is the unicameral legislature of French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French Republic. It is located at Place Tarahoi in Papeete, Tahiti. It wa ...

in the

1996 French Polynesian legislative election Legislative elections were held in French Polynesia in May 1996 for the Territorial Assembly. The result was a victory for Tahoera'a Huiraatira, which won 22 of 41 seats. The pro independence Tāvini Huiraʻatira more than doubled its repres ...

. He served as a Minister several times in the Flosse , Tong Sang and Temaru governments, holding the positions of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Economy. On 1 March 2011 he was sacked from the government of

Gaston Tong Sang Gaston Tong Sang (born 7 August 1949 in Bora Bora) is a French Polynesian politician and is the former President of French Polynesia. He served terms as President of French Polynesia from November 2009 until April 2011, from April 2008 until Fe ...

for failing to support the budget. He was replaced as a Minister by Louis Frébault. He was re-elected to the Assembly at the 2013 election and elected third vice-president. In September 2014 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Island Development in the government of

Édouard Fritch Winfred Édouard Tereori Fritch (born 4 January 1952) is a French Polynesian politician who served as President of French Polynesia from 2014 to 2023. He previously presided over the Assembly of French Polynesia on three occasions: from April 200 ...

. In October 2015 he resigned from the executive and returned to the ranks of the Assembly to strengthen Fritch's majority, his substitute being a supporter of

Gaston Flosse Gaston Flosse (born 24 June 1931) is a French Polynesian 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 ...

. During the founding congress of the Tapura Huiraatira in 2016 he was elected one of the party's vice-presidents. He was re-elected to the Assembly at the 2018 election. In 2020 he was re-elected for a fifth term as Mayor of Rurutu. He was re-elected to the Assembly in the 2023 election.

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