Tearii Alpha

Tearii Te Moana Alpha (born 5 December 1971) is a French Polynesian politician. Since 2014 he has served as Mayor of Teva I Uta.[1] He was Vice-President of the territory briefly in 2011, and again from 2020-2021. He is a founding member of Tahoeraa Huiraatira.[2]

Tearii Alpha
Alpha in 2019
Vice-President of French Polynesia
In office
17 September 2020 – 4 November 2021
PresidentÉdouard Fritch
Preceded byTeva Rohfritsch
Succeeded byJean-Christophe Bouissou
In office
1 March 2011 – 1 April 2011
PresidentGaston Tong Sang
Preceded byÉdouard Fritch
Succeeded byAntony Géros
Minister of Agriculture, Blue Economy and Industry
In office
17 September 2020 – 15 May 2023
PresidentÉdouard Fritch
Preceded byTeva Rohfritsch (Blue Economy)
Succeeded byTaivini Teai
Personal details
Born (1971-12-05) 5 December 1971
Political partyTapura Huiraatira
To Tatou Aia

In 1997 Alpha completed a thesis in biological sciences at the French Pacific University.[3]

In October 2004 he was appointed Minister of Fisheries in the government of Gaston Flosse.[4] In December of that year he was appointed as head of Tahoeraa Huiraatira's youth wing.[4] He later served as Minister of Lands.[5]

On 2 March 2011 he was appointed as Vice President by Gaston Tong Sang, replacing Édouard Fritch.[6] He ran for the French National Assembly as a candidate for To Tatou Aia in the 2012 election.[7]

In march 2014 he was elected mayor of Teva I Uta, defeating Valentina Cross.[8]

In April 2018, in the leadup to the 2018 elections, he was accused with other Tapura Huiraatira members of using public money to fund his election campaign.[9] In September 2020 he was appointed vice-president following the resignation of Teva Rohfritsch.[10][11]

On 14 February 2021 he was elected as president of the community of municipalities of Tereheamanu.[12]

In August 2021 a wedding ceremony for Alpha reportedly violated Covid-19 rules.[13][14] In November 2021 he was fired as Vice-President after refusing to comply with the territory's mandatory vaccination law.[2][15][16] However, he retained his ministerial portfolios,[17] a decision which led to the resignation from Cabinet of Nicole Bouteau.[18] He was replaced as Vice-President by Jean-Christophe Bouissou.[18]

References
  1. "Le maire" (in French). Commune de Teva I Uta. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. "Tearii Alpha a repris sa liberté" (in French). actu.fr. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. Tearii Alpha (1997). Etude des concretes et des essences de santals d'origine oceanienne : elucidation de nouveaux sesquiterpenoides par la rmn multi-impulsionnelle et bidimensionnelle (PhD) (in French). Université française du Pacifique. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. "French Polynesia's Huiraatira names Alpha head of youth wing". RNZ. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  5. "Tahiti call for public debate on land ownership disputes". RNZ. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. "Tong Sang names Alpha as new French Polynesia vice-president". RNZ. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  7. "Tong Sang nominated as French Polynesia candidate for French assembly". RNZ. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  8. "Pas de vague orange en Polynésie où de nombreux maires sortants sont réélus" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  9. "Tahiti leadership accused of campaign funding breach". RNZ. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  10. "Fritch redistribue les cartes" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  11. "Alpha becomes new French Polynesia vice-president". RNZ. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  12. "Tearii Alpha élu président de Téreheamanu, la communauté de communes de Tahiti Sud" (in French). Outremers360. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  13. "Tahiti vice president wedding probed for ignoring Covid-19 rules". RNZ. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  14. "Tearii Alpha : ni remords, ni regrets, ni réelles explications" (in French). Radio1. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  15. "French Polynesia's vice-president fired for not getting jab". RNZ. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  16. "Tension among Tahiti leaders over vaccination refusal". RNZ. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  17. "Tearii Alpha n'est plus Vice-président, mais reste ministre" (in French). Presidency of French Polynesia. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  18. "Fritch names Bouissou as new VP of French Polynesia". RNZ. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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