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Eliane Tevahitua
Eliane Tevahitua (born 23 July 1958) is a French Polynesian politician and Cabinet Minister who was Vice-President of French Polynesia from 2023 to 2024.[2] She is a member of Tavini Huiraatira. Tevahitua was born in Papeete and worked as a midwife. From 1994 to 2013 she was director of the School of Midwives.[1] In 2008 she graduated from the University of French Polynesia with a doctorate in Polynesian civilisation.[1] Her thesis was on the toponymy of the lands of Fa 'a'ä and Tahitian land representations.[1] She then worked as secretary of the Union of French-speaking women of Oceania (UFFO).[3] She was elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia on the Union For Democracy (UPLD) list at the 2013 French Polynesian legislative election.[4] In the Assembly she served on the Permanent Commission, and the Budget and Finance Committee.[5] She was an advocate for nuclear-test victims, forcing the government to disclose more information on the health toll of French fallout.[6][7] She was re-elected at the 2018 election as a Tavini candidate.[8][9] In 2020 she opposed French immigration to Polynesia, calling it colonialist.[10] During the Covid-19 pandemic she denounced the government response as inadequate, and called for the introduction of mass-testing to protect the population.[11][12] She later urged the use of Chinese or Russian vaccines rather than waiting for France to supply them.[13] She was not included in Tavini's final list for the 2023 election.[14] Following the Tāvini's election win she was appointed Vice-President and Minister of Culture and the Environment in Moetai Brotherson's new cabinet.[15][16] References
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