Wallis and Futuna Islands
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Adopted 5 Apr 1887
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Adopted 1985 Unofficial Local Flag
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of Wallis and Futuna
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Hear
National Anthem
"La Marseillaise"
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Text
of National Anthem |
Constitution
(28 Sep 1958)
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Capital:
Mata-Utu
(on Ile Uvea)
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Currency:
Comptoirs Francais
du Pacifique Franc
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National
Holiday: 14 Jul (1789)
Bastille Day
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Local Holiday: 29
Jul (1961)
Territory Day |
Population:
15,453 (2012)
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GDP: $60
million (2004)
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Exports:
$47,450 (2004)
Imports: $61.1
million (2004)
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Language groups:
Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian
language) 58.9%, Futunian 30.1%,
French (official) 10.8%, other 0.2%
(2003)
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Total Police
Forces: 20 (2012)
Defense is the
Responsibility of France
Merchant marine:
8 ships (2010)
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Religions:
Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%
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Organizations/Treaties: PC,
PIF (observer), UPU |
Wallis and
Futuna Islands
Index
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Chronology
26 Apr
1616
Futuna discovered by Dutch under
Schouten and
Le Maire, named Futuna Hoorn.
16 Aug
1767
`Uvea discovered by British Capt.
Samuel Wallis,
named Wallis Island.
4 Nov
1842
Wallis declared to be a French
protectorate by
King of Uvea and Captain Mallet of the
French
warship L'Embuscade (not
recognized by France).
5 Apr
1887
`Uvea (Wallis) becomes a French
protectorate.
27 Nov
1887
Administratively attached to New
Caledonia.
5 Mar
1888
`Uvea and Futuna protectorates united
into the
Protectorate of the Wallis and Futuna
Islands.
10 Jun
1909
Abrogation of the 27 Nov 1887
decree
(see under `Uvea); the resident
remains
subordinated to the governor of New
Caledonia
in his capacity as High commissioner
in the
Pacific Ocean.
1924
Colony of Wallis and Futuna Islands.
16 Jun 1940 - 12 May 1942
Administration loyal to Vichy
France
(from 12 May 1942, under Free French).
29 Jul
1961
`Uvea (Wallis), together with Futuna,
becomes the
French Overseas Territory of the
Wallis and
Futuna Islands; royalty
continues
(subordinated to New
Caledonia).
28 Mar
2003
French overseas collectivité.
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Wallis and
Futuna
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Kingdoms
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Uvea (Wallis)
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Futuna
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Tu`a (Alo)
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Sigave
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Uvea (Wallis)
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c.1858 -
1888
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1888 - 1910
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1910 - 1985
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Adopted 1985
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Capital: Mata-Utu
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Population:
10,574 (2008)
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c.1400
`Uvea (Wallis) kingdom founded.
1820
Takumasiva dynasty restored.
5 Apr
1887
`Uvea (Wallis) becomes a French protectorate.
27 Nov
1887
Administratively attached to New Caledonia.
30 Jul
1961
`Uvea (Wallis), together with Futuna, becomes the French
Overseas Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands;
royalty continues.
Rulers (title Tui `Uvea or Hau, translated
by the French as king/queen;
from 1858 also styled Lavelua¹)
.... -
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Munigoto
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1726
Atuvaha
1726 -
1756
Fanalua
1756 -
17..
Vaivaikava
17.. -
17..
Finekata
1767 -
1810
Manuka
1810 -
1818
Tufele I
1818 -
1819
Kulitea
1819 -
1820
Lavekava
1820
Hiva
(d. 1820)
1820 -
1825
Muliakaaka
1825
Uhila "moafa"
1825
Toifale (f)
1825 -
1826
Mulitoto
1826 -
1829
Soane-Patita Vaimua Lavelua
I (d. 1858)
(1st time)
1829 -
1830
Takala
1830 -
1858
Soane-Patita Vaimua Lavelua
I (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1858 - 19 Feb
1869
Falakika Seilala
(f)
(d. 1869)
Feb 1869 - 10 Mar 1895
Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki
(f) (d. 1895)
11 Mar 1895 - 16 Jan 1904 Vito Lavelua
II
(b. 18.. - d. 1904)
11 Mar 1895 - 12 Mar 1895 Isaake (in
rebellion)
Aug 1904 - 7 Sep
1906 Lusiano
Aisake
(d. 1906)
1906 - 1 Apr
1910
Sosefo Mautâmakia I
"Tokita" (b. 1853? -
d. 1933)
(1st time)
(recognized by the resident until 19 May 1910)
22 Mar 1910 - 30 Nov 1916 Soane-Patita
Lavuia
(d. 1916)
1916 -
1918
Sosefo Mautâmakia
II
(b. 186. - d. 1928)
1918 - 2 Nov
1924
Vitolo Kulihaapai
3 Nov 1924 - 9 Dec 1928 Tomasi
Kulimoetoke
I
(d. 1928)
21 Dec 1928 - 26 Jul 1931 Mikaele Tufele II
(1st time) (b. 18..
- d. 1933)
27 Jul 1931 - 10 Mar 1933 Sosefo Mautâmakia
I "Tokita" (s.a.)
(2nd time)
13 Mar 1933 - 23 May 1933 Petelo Kahofuna
(not recognized by the governor of New Caledonia)
25 May 1933 - 30 Nov 1933 Mikaele Tufele II
(2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Nov 1933 - 16 Mar 1941 Council of
Ministers
16 Mar 1941 - 29 Mar 1947 Leone Manikitoga
9 May 1947 - 10 Apr 1950 Pelenato
Fuluhea
(d. 1970)
25 Apr 1950 - 17 Nov 1953 Kapeliele Tufele
III "Setu"
17 Nov 1953 - 18 Dec 1953 Council of
Ministers
18 Dec 1953 - 19 Dec 1953 Soane Toke
22 Dec 1953 - 12 Sep 1958 Aloisia
(f)
(d. 1972)
12 Sep 1958 - 12 Mar 1959 Council of
Ministers
12 Mar 1959 - 7 May 2007 Tomasi
Kulimoetoke
II
(b. 1918 - d. 2007)
7 May 2007 - 25 Jul 2008 Vacant
25 Jul 2008 -
Kapeliele Faupala
(b. 1940?)
Prime ministers (title kivalu, unless
indicated mukoi)
c.1837
Honorio
1902 - 190.
Natesito
190. -
1908
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19.. -
1917
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19.. - 1 Nov
1924
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Nov 1924 - 19 Jan 1927
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21 Jan 1927 - 26 Jul 1931 Epifano
27 Jul 1931 - 23 May 1933 Sele/Selevesio
23 May 1933 - Nov
1936 Stephano (mukoi)
1936 -
193.
.... (mukoi)
193. - 11 Nov
1940
Atalo Vehikite
11 Nov 1940 - 16 Mar 1941 Leone Manikitoga
16 Mar 1941 - Jan 1944
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Jan 1944 - Apr
1947 ....
Apr 1947 - 11 Dec 1953
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11 Dec 1953 - 16 Oct 1957 Tomasi
Kulimoetoke
(s.a.)
17 Oct 1957 - 10 Mar 1959 Soane Foloka
11 Mar 1959 - 31 Mar 1992 Paino
Tu'ugahala
(b. 1915 - d. 1992)
9 Apr 1992 - 7 Aug 1993
Patelise Alikiagalelei
8 Aug 1993 - 11 Nov 1996 Vitolio
Vaivaikava
(b. 19.. - d. 2002)
12 Nov 1996 - 16 Nov 1998 Setefano Hanisi
(1st time)
(b. 1960)
17 Nov 1998 - 14 Apr 1999 Mikaele "Mika"
Hoatau
(b. 1939)
6 May 1999 - 22 Dec 2000 Atelemo
Taofifenua
(b. 1927 - d. 2005)
23 Dec 2000 - 19 Jan 2003 Tisimasi
Heofala
(b. 1953?)
20 Jan 2003 - 1 Mar 2004 Kamaliele
"Maie" Muliloto
2 Mar 2004 - 25 Jul 2008 Kapeliele
Faupala
(s.a.)
15 Jun 2005 - ....
Clovis
Logologofolau
(b. 1945)
(in opposition, recognized by the administrator-superior
from late Jul to 26 Sep 2005; continues in exile in
Nouméa,
New Caledonia, from late Sep 2005)
2008 - 19 Jun 2009
Emeni Leulagi
19 Jun 2009 - 12 Oct 2011 Tomasi Manuhaapai
12 Oct 2011 -
Setefano Hanisi (2nd time)
(s.a.)
¹Every king or queen of Wallis took this title
at the day of his election since 1858 when Falakika
Seilala adopted the name of her predecessor and
brother.
Futuna
16 Feb
1888
The two Futuna kingdoms - Tu`a (also styled Alo) and
Sigave
- become French protectorates.
30 Jul
1961
Futuna, together with `Uvea (Wallis), becomes the French
overseas territory of the Wallis and Futuna
Islands;
royalty continues.
Sous-Préfets
(Sub-Prefects) of Futuna
11 Nov 2006 - 200.
Patrick Hérole
200. -
Thierry Dousset
Tu`a (Alo)
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Capital: Malae
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Population: 3,036
(2008)
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c.1565
Tu`a (Alo) kingdom founded.
c.1800
Lalolalo dynasty founded.
Rulers (title Fakavelikele)
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Fakavelikele
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Pili
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Mala'evaoa
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Nimo o le Tano'a
1756 - 1784
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1784 -
1839?
Fonati
Rulers (title Tu`i Agaifo)
c.1805 - c.1822
Veliteki
1837? -
1839?
Fonati
1839? -
1841
Niuliki
(d. 1841)
1841 -
1844
Musumusu -Regent
(d. 1846)
1844 -
1862
Filipo
Meitala
(b. 1826 - d. 1862)
1862 -
c.1880
Alia Segi
1887? - ....
Soane Malia Musulamu
Dec 1907 - 19..
Eusevio
1914
Patolomeo
1917
Savelio Meitala
1928 - 1929
Soane Malia Lemu Pipisega
1929 -
1932
Soane Moefana
19.. -
19..
Tuiseka
19.. -
19..
Usanio Pipisega
19.. -
19..
Paloto Aika
19.. -
19..
Savelio Meitala
19.. -
19..
Kamilo Katea
19.. -
19..
Maleselino Maituku
19.. -
19..
Kolio Maituku
19.. -
19..
Papilio Tala'e
19.. -
19..
Lelipo Pipisega
19.. -
19..
Alesio Feta'u
19.. -
19..
Petelo Savo Meitala
19.. -
19..
Soane Va Pipisega
19.. -
19..
Petelo Tala'e
19.. -
19..
Vito Tuiseka
19.. -
19..
Silisio Katea
1951 - 1954
Lolesio Faletuulo
1954 - 27 Dec
1958
Petelo Maituku (1st time)
29 Dec 1958 - 8 Feb 1960 Setefano
Tuikalepa
9 Feb 1960 - 9 Dec 1961
Kamaliele Moefana
28 Dec 1961 - 8 Sep 1962 Pio
Tagatamanogi
15 Sep 1962 - 1965
Mikaele
Fanene
1965 - 1966
Paino Iva
1966 - 30 May
1970
Seteone Pipisega
1 Jun 1970 - 1 May 1973 Petelo
Maituku (2nd time)
10 May 1973 - 17 Apr 1974 Mikaele Katea
20 Apr 1974 - 28 Dec 1976 Patita Savea
11 Jan 1977 - 17 Jul 1978 Kalepo Nau
15 Mar 1979 - 29 Oct 1984 Nopeleto
Tuikalepa
20 Nov 1984 - 24 Feb 1990 Petelo
Lemo
(d. 1990)
24 Feb 1990 - 1 Feb 1995 Lomano
Musulamu
6 Apr 1995 - 9 Jul 1997 Esipio
Takasi
10 Jul 1997 - Oct 2002 Sagato
Alofi
(b. 1936)
21 Nov 2002 - 19 Feb 2008 Soane Patita
Maituku
(b. 1947?)
6 Nov 2008 - 22 Jan 2010 Petelo Vikena
(b. 1943?)
22 Jan 2010 -
Vacant
Prime ministers (title Tiafoi)
.... - 1 Jun
1973
Petelo Lemo
1 Jun 1973 -
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Maleko Falematagia
.... - 16 Aug
1983
Alefosio Vaitanaki
1 Sep 1983 -
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Visesio Pagatele
c.2002
Sosefo Tuiseka
c.2006
Lukano Mataele
2008?
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Atonio Tuiseka
Sigave
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Capital: Leava
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Population: 1,945
(2008)
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1784
Sigave kingdom founded.
10 Aug 1839 -
1841
Occupied by Tu`a (Alo).
Rulers (called Sau, translated by the
French as king¹)
1784 -
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Tuikamea
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Inosiopogoi
(or
Tuifale 17.. - 1800)
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1800
Latuka
(or
Folituu 1800 - 1810)
1800 - 10 Aug
1839
Vanae
(d. 1839)
10 Aug 1839 -
1841 occupied
by Tu`a (Alo)
1842 -
1851
Petelo
Keletaona
(d. 1867)
1851 - c.1876
Alefosio/Fasio Tamole Vai
1887?
Anise Tamole
1889?
Lutotio
18.. -
1896
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Mateo Tamole
1897 -
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Toviko Keletaona (1st time)
1905 -
1908
Savelio Keletaona
1908 -
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Tamasi Tamole
1911 - c.1913
Toviko Keletaona (2nd time)
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Sui Tamole (1st time)
(d. 1941)
1917 -
1929
Likaleto Falemaa
1929 -
1932
Keletaona Keletaona
1932 -
19..
Fololiano Sui Tamole
19.. - 13 Mar 1941
Sui Tamole
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
Mar 1941 - 29 Sep 1949
Amole
Keletaona
(d. 1949)
1949 - 1952
Soane Vanai
1952 - 27 Jun
1955 Pio
Keletaona
1955 (11 days)
Sileno Tamole
11 Jul 1955 - 18 Jan 1957 Sakopo Tamole
"Pausu"
27 Jan 1957 - 4 Aug 1959 Setefano
Lavelua
29 Sep 1959 - 7 Apr 1969 Sileno
Tamole
"Veu"
(d. 1969)
31 Jul 1969 - 24 May 1971 Alefosio
Keletaona "Vasa"
1 Jun 1971 - 30 Sep 1972 Ilalio
Amosala
(d. 1973)
1 Dec 1972 -
1982
Nasalio Keletaona
4 Aug 1982 - 1 Apr 1987 Sagato
Keletaona
1 Apr 1987 - 5 Apr 1990 Sosefo
Vanai
10 May 1990 - 26 Oct 1994 Lafaele
Malau
(d. 1999)
26 Oct 1994 -
1997
Soane Patita Sokotaua
26 Sep 1997 - 26 Sep 2003 Pasilio
Keletaona
(b. 1939?)
10 Mar 2004 - 2009
Visesio Moeliku
2009 - 3 Jul 2010
Vacant
3 Jul 2010
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Polikalepo
Kolivai
(b. 1939?)
Prime ministers (title Kaifakaulu)
.... -
1971
Sosefo
Fulilagi
(d. 1971)
1 Jun 1971 -
197.
Paulo Kuilagi
197. - 1 Sep
1975
Filipo Taufanoa (1st time)
22 Sep 1975 -
.... Soane
Fakailo
.... - 1 May
1987
Filipo Taufanoa (2nd time)
1 May 1987 - 31 Dec 1989 Mikaele
Keletaona
1 Jan 1990 -
199.
Aloisio Saliga
1999? -
2002?
Ateliano Keletaona
2006?
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Lusiano Soko
¹The title of the rulers depends on the family
in which they are chosen; they will thus carry the title
of Tamolevai, Keletaona, or Tu`i Sigave.
Incumbent Visesio Moeliku holds the title of Tu`i
Sigave.
Wallis and Futuna
French Representative (chargé de mission)
7 Apr 1887 - 26 Jun 1888 Antoine
Marius
Chauvot
(b. 1841 - d. 19..)
Residents
7 Apr 1887 - 1 Mar 1892 Antoine
Marius Chauvot
(s.a.)
1 Mar 1892 - 6 Feb 1893 Henri
Valentin, comte Dodun de (b. 1837 -
d. 1899)
Kéroman (1st time)
6 Feb 1893 -
1895
Valsi
1895
Henri Valentin, comte Dodun de (s.a.)
Kéroman (2nd time)
16 Feb 1896 -
1897
Henri Dominique Lefebvre de
(b. 1864 - d. 19..)
Sainte-Marie
20 Oct 1897 - 27 May 1898 Jacques Émile
Proche
(b. 1862 - d. 1910)
27 May 1898 -
1902
Étienne Joseph Ponge
20 Nov 1902 - Apr 1904
Jean Marie Édouard
Chaffaud (b.
1862 - d. 19..)
1 Dec 1905 - 31 Aug 1909 Maxime
Viala
(b. 1875 - d. 1959)
31 Aug 1909 - 1 Dec 1910 Victor Jean
Brochard (1st time) (b. 1876 - d.
19..)
31 Mar 1911 - 26 Mar 1912 Louis Bouge
(interim)
(b. 1878 - d. 1960)
Apr 1912 - Jan
1914 Victor
Jean Brochard (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jan
1914
Jacques Joubert (interim)
20 Jan 1914 - Jun 1916
Édouard Victor
Magnien
(b. 1873 - d. 19..)
20 Jan 1914 - Mar 1914
Georges Mallet (acting for Magnien)
Jun 1916 - Dec
1921 Georges
Mallet
29 Dec 1921 - 22 Aug 1924 Gaston Marius
Bécu
(b. 18.. - d. 1945)
(interim to 15 Apr 1922)
12 Nov 1924 - 29 Mar 1928 Georges Charles Paul
Barbier (b. 1890 -
d. 1956)
25 May 1928 - 25 May 1931 Jean
Marchat
(b. 1897 - d. 1949)
27 May 1931 - 7 Jun 1933 Georges Jean
Louis Renaud
7 Jun 1933 - 16 Sep 1933 Alexis
Bernast
(interim)
(b. 1895 - d. 1978)
16 Sep 1933 - 4 Feb 1938 Joseph Jean
David
4 Feb 1938 - 4 Jul 1940 Eugène
Auguste Lamy
4 Jul 1940 - 31 May 1942 Léon Émile
Marie Prosper Jacques (b. 1904 - d. ....)
Vrignaud
(subordinated himself to Jean Decoux, Vichy
governor-general of French Indochina, from Oct 1940
instead of the Free French governor of New Caledonia)
1 Jun 1942 - 7 Dec 1944
Jean-Baptiste Mattei
7 Dec 1944 - 21 Oct 1946 Robert
Maxime Charbonnier
22 Oct 1946 - 26 Jan 1947 Pierre Robert
Jean Marie Fargis
27 Jan 1947 - 31 Dec 1948 Marcel Alexandre
Étienne Chomet
1 Jan 1949 - 25 Sep 1951 Michel
Cresson
26 Sep 1951 - 11 Jul 1953 Jean-Flavien
Folie, dit Desjardins
12 Jul 1953 - 24 Jan 1955 Charles Claude
Séraphin André (b. 1920 –
d. 2002)
24 Jan 1955 - 4 Nov 1956 Bernard
François Joseph Heintz (b. 1915)
4 Nov 1956 - 2 Aug 1958 Maurice
Antoine Rougetet (b.
1893 - d. 19..)
3 Aug 1958 - 9 Jul 1961 Pierre
Fauché
(b. 1913 - d. 1996)
10 Jul 1961 - 7 Oct 1961 Jacques
Emmanuel Victor Herry (b.
1922 - d. 19..)
(interim)
Administrators-superior
7 Oct 1961 - 21 Mar 1962 Jean Léon
Périé
(b. 1912 - d. 1997)
21 Mar 1962 - 13 Aug 1962 Jacques Emmanuel
Victor Herry (s.a.)
(interim)
13 Aug 1962 - 28 Jan 1964 Jean Marie Pierre
Bertrand (b. 1921 - d. 2005)
11 Mar 1964 - 20 Apr 1966 André Pierre
François Duc-Dufayard (b. 1908 - d. 1987)
20 Apr 1966 - 19 Jul 1968 Fernand Lamodière
(b. 1899 - d. 2000)
(acting to 26 Jul 1966)
30 Jul 1968 - 25 Mar 1971 Jacques Frédéric
Gabriel Bach (b. 1927 - d.
....)
25 Mar 1971 - 26 Aug 1972 Guy Robert
Boileau
(b. 1925 - d. 1992)
19 Oct 1972 - 25 Nov 1974 Jacques de
Agostini
(b. 1924)
22 Mar 1975 - 29 Oct 1976 Yves Robert Émile
Louis Arbellot- (b. 1926 - d. ....)
Repaire
6 Nov 1976 - 2 May 1979 Henri
Charles
Beaux
(b. 1922)
11 Jul 1979 - 24 Dec 1980 Pierre Jean Marc
Isaac
(b. 1927)
31 Dec 1980 - 17 Dec 1983 Robert Gilbert
Georges Thil (b.
1924 - d. ....)
25 Jan 1984 - 11 Apr 1985 Michel Kuhnmunch
3 Dec 1985 - 17 Apr 1986 Bernard
Lesterlin
(b. 1949)
15 Jul 1986 - 13 Sep 1987 Jacques Le
Hénaff
(b. 1932)
17 Nov 1987 - 1 Sep 1988 Gérard
Lambotte
(b. 1936)
6 Sep 1988 - 30 Aug 1990 Roger
Dumec
(b. 1930)
25 Oct 1990 - 5 Feb 1993 Robert
Pommies
(b. 1941)
15 Mar 1993 - 26 Jul 1994 Philippe
Legrix
(b. 1938)
7 Aug 1994 - 20 Feb 1996 Léon
Alexandre
Legrand
(b. 1933)
27 Feb 1996 - 19 Nov 1998 Claude
Pierret
(b. 1939)
23 Nov 1998 - 25 May 2000 Christian
Dors
(b. 1954)
26 Jul 2000 - 3 Sep 2002 Alain
Waquet
(b. 1949)
17 Sep 2002 - 18 Jan 2005 Christian
Job
(b. 1943)
18 Jan 2005 - Aug 2006
Xavier de
Furst
(b. 1948)
14 Aug 2006 - Aug 2008 Richard
Didier
(b. 1961)
8 Sep 2008 - 28 Jun 2010 Philippe
Paolantoni
(b. 1952)
12 Jul 2010 - 30 Mar 2013 Michel
Jeanjean
(b. 1951)
30 Mar 2013
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Michel
Aubouin
(b. 1956)
Presidents of the Territorial Assembly
1962 -
1967
Paino
Tu'ugahala
(b. 1915 - d. 1992)
1967 -
1972
Sosefo Makapé
Papillo
(b. 1928 - d. 1998) UDR
1972 -
1975
Mikaele
Folaumahina
(b. 1912 - d. 1993) UDR
1975 -
1977
Soane Patita
Lakina
(b. 1942?)
RPR
1977 -
1978
Pasilio Tui (1st time)
(b. 1942)
RPR
1978 -
1984
Manuele Lisiahi (1st time)
(b. 1934)
RPR
1984 -
1986
Falakiko Gata (1st
time)
(b. 1946 - d. 2011) RPR;1985 UPL
Dec 1986 - Mar
1987 Petelo
Takatai
(b. 1939)
RPR
Mar 1987 - Dec
1987 Keleto
Lakalaka (1st time)
(b. 1935 - d.
2012) RPR
Dec 1987 -
1988
Falakiko Gata (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
UPL
1988 -
1989
Manuele Lisiahi (2nd time)
(s.a.)
RPR
1989 -
1990
Pasilio Tui (2nd time)
(s.a.)
RPR
1990 - Mar
1992
Clovis
Logologofolau
(b.
1945)
RPR
Mar 1992 - Dec
1994 Soane
Mani Uhila (1st
time) (b.
1961)
TL
Dec 1994 -
1996
Mikaele
Tauhavili
(b. 1952) RPR
1996 - 16 Mar
1997
Keleto Lakalaka (2nd time)
(s.a.)
RPR
16 Mar 1997 - 14 Jan 1999 Victor Brial (1st
time)
(b.
1966)
RPR
14 Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
Soane Mani Uhila (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
TL
Jan 2001 - 21 Feb 2005
Patalione
Kanimoa
(b.
1962)
DD
21 Feb 2005 - 23 Nov 2005 Apeleto
Likuvalu
(b.
1943)
AWF
23 Nov 2005 - 11 Apr 2007 Emeni Simete
(b. 1958)
UMP
11 Apr 2007 - 11 Dec 2007 Pesamino Taputai (1st
time) (b. 1949)
UMP-MoDem
11 Dec 2007 - Dec 2010 Victor
Brial (2nd time)
(s.a.)
UMP
Dec 2010 - Nov/Dec 2011 Siliako Lauhea
(b. 1950)
UPWF
Nov/Dec 2011 - 4 Apr 2012 Pesamino Taputai (2nd
time) (s.a.)
NC
4 Apr 2012 - 28 Nov 2012
Vetelino Nau
UPWF
28 Nov 2012 - 1 Apr 2013 Sosefo Suve
TL
1 Apr 2013
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Nivaleta Iloai (f)
UPWF
Note: The three traditional kings retain
limited powers.
Party Abbreviations: AWF = Alliance pour
Wallis et Futuna (Alliance for Wallis and Futuna); DD
= Divers Droite (Various Right Parties, association of
small rightist parties); LT = Lua Kae Tahi
(Giscardians); LVWPF = La Voix des
Peuples Wallisens et Futuniens (The Voice of the People
of Wallis and Futuna, affiliated to RPR, later
UMP); MoDem = Mouvement
Démocrate (Democratic Movement, centerist, former UDF);
NC = Nouveau Centre (New Centre, centerist,
est.2008); TL = Taumu'a Lelei (Bright
Future, est.1992); UMP =
Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (Union for a Popular
Movement [to 17 Nov 2002: Union for the Presidential
Majority], conservative, est. 23 Apr 2002 from RPR, DL
and the main part of UDF); UPL = Union
Populaire Locale (Popular Union Local, conservative,
est.1985); UPWF = Union
Populaire pour Wallis et Futuna (Popular Union for
Wallis and Futuna, affiliated with Socialist Party);
- Former parties: RPR =
Rassemblement Pour la République (Rally for the
Republic, Gaulist, conservative, 1976-2002 successor to
UDR, merged into UMP); UDR =
Union des Démocrates pour la Cinquième République (Union
of Democrats for the 5th Republic, successor to UNR
1967-1976)
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