Simplicio Lissant

Simplicio Lissant
Mayor of Punaauia
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 September 2018
Preceded by	Rony Tumahai
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly for Windward Isles 3
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 April 2023
Personal details
Born	1962[1]
Political party	Tāpura Huiraʻatira

Simplicio Lissant (born 1962) is a French Polynesian politician and Member of the Assembly of French Polynesia. He has served as Mayor of Punaauia since 2018. He is a member of Tāpura Huiraʻatira.

He was first elected to the municipal council of Punaauia in 2002.[2][3] He was elected deputy mayor in 2008, serving under Rony Tumahai.[3] He ran in the 2013 French Polynesian legislative election as a candidate for A Tia Porinetia,[4] but was not elected. In September 2018 he was elected as Mayor of Punaauia following Tumahai's death.[3] He was re-elected unopposed as Mayor following the 2020 municipal elections in May 2020.[5]

He was first elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia as a Tāpura candidate in the 2023 French Polynesian legislative election.[6]

References

1. "Simplicio LISSANT". Assemblée de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
2. "Qui sont nos 57 nouveaux élus" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
3. "Simplicio Lissant, nouveau maire de Punaauia" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
4. "La liste des 73 candidats A Tia Porinetia aux Territoriales 2013" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
5. "Temaru et Lissant retrouvent leurs fauteuils" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 24 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
6. "La nouvelle composition de l'assemblée" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.