Frédéric Riveta

Frédéric Riveta
Riveta in 2014
Minister of Agriculture and Island Development
In office 16 September 2014 – 8 October 2015
President	Édouard Fritch
Preceded by	Thomas Moutame
Succeeded by	Édouard Fritch
Mayor of Rurutu
Incumbent
Assumed office 1995
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly for Austral Islands
Incumbent
Assumed office 1996
Personal details
Born	19 July 1954 Rurutu, French Polynesia
Political party	Tahoera'a Huiraatira Tapura Huiraatira

Frédéric Riveta (born 19 July 1954) is a French Polynesian politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of Tapura Huiraatira.

Riveta has been mayor of Rurutu since 1995.[1] He was first elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia in the 1996 French Polynesian legislative election. He served as a Minister several times in the Flosse , Tong Sang and Temaru governments, holding the positions of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Economy.[2]

On 1 March 2011 he was sacked from the government of Gaston Tong Sang for failing to support the budget.[3] He was replaced as a Minister by Louis Frébault.[4] He was re-elected to the Assembly at the 2013 election and elected third vice-president.[5] In September 2014 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Island Development in the government of Édouard Fritch.[6] 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.[7][8]

During the founding congress of the Tapura Huiraatira in 2016 he was elected one of the party's vice-presidents.[9]

He was re-elected to the Assembly at the 2018 election.[10] In 2020 he was re-elected for a fifth term as Mayor of Rurutu.[1] He was re-elected to the Assembly in the 2023 election.[11]

References

1. "Frébault renverse Tehaamoana" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
2. "Qui sont nos 57 nouveaux élus" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
3. "Gaston Tong Sang met fin aux fonctions de 6 ministres" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
4. "Louis Frébault à l'écoute de "Te Rima Hotu Rau"" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
5. "Edouard Fritch élu avec les 38 voix du Tahoeraa" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
6. "Le gouvernement d'Edouard Fritch dévoilé" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
7. "Tahiti reshuffle amid assembly power struggle". RNZ. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
8. "Edouard Fritch annonce la démission de deux de ses ministres" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
9. "Plus de 8000 personnes au congrès fondateur du Tapura Huiraatira" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
10. "Territoriales 2018 : Le nouveau visage de l'Assemblée" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
11. "La nouvelle composition de l'assemblée" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.