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Jacques Raynal 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
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who has served in the governments of
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and
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 ...
. He is a member of
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. Raynal is a doctor. He was appointed as Minister of Health in the coalition cabinet of
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in February 2009. In April 2009 he quit the Tahoera'a Huiraatira party. He was appointed to the cabinet of Édouard Fritch as Minister of Health and Solidarity in January 2017, replacing
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. He was reappointed to the Health portfolio following the
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in May 2018. As Health Minister he introduced a
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to counter diabetes. He also oversaw French Polynesia's response to the
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