Tearii Te Moana Alpha (born 5 December 1971) is a

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n politician. Since 2014 he has served as Mayor of Teva I Uta. He was

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briefly in 2011, and again from 2020-2021. He is a founding member of Tahoeraa Huiraatira. In 1997 Alpha completed a thesis in biological sciences at the French Pacific University. In October 2004 he was appointed Minister of Fisheries in the government of

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. In December of that year he was appointed as head of Tahoeraa Huiraatira's youth wing. He later served as Minister of Lands. On 2 March 2011 he was appointed as Vice President by

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, replacing

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. He ran for the

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as a candidate for To Tatou Aia in the 2012 election. In march 2014 he was elected mayor of Teva I Uta, defeating Valentina Cross. In April 2018, in the leadup to the

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, he was accused with other Tapura Huiraatira members of using public money to fund his election campaign. In September 2020 he was appointed vice-president following the resignation of Teva Rohfritsch. On 14 February 2021 he was elected as president of the community of municipalities of Tereheamanu. In August 2021 a wedding ceremony for Alpha reportedly violated Covid-19 rules. In November 2021 he was fired as Vice-President after refusing to comply with the territory's mandatory vaccination law. However, he retained his ministerial portfolios, a decision which led to the resignation from Cabinet of Nicole Bouteau. He was replaced as Vice-President by Jean-Christophe Bouissou.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alpha, Tearii Living people 1971 births Vice presidents of French Polynesia Mayors of Teva I Uta Tapura Huiraatira politicians Government ministers of French Polynesia Members of the Assembly of French Polynesia University of French Polynesia alumni