French Polynesia
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- 11 Sep 1842 - c.1845
Tahiti Protectorate
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- c.1845 - 28 Jul 1880
Tahiti Protectorate
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- Adopted 30 Dec
1880
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- 1975 - 23 Nov 1984
Local Flag
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- Adopted 23 Nov 1984
Local Flag
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Map
of French Polynesia
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Hear
National Anthem
"La Marseillaise"
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Hear
Local Anthem
"Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui"
(Long Live Tahiti Nui)
Adopted 10 Jun 1993
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Constitution
(28 Sep 1958)
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Capital:
Papeete
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Currency:
Comptoirs
Francais du Pacifique
Franc (XPF); 1888-1957
French Oceania Franc (PFG)
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National
Holiday: 14 Jul (1789)
Fête Nationale
(National Holiday
"Bastille Day")
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Local Holiday: 29
Jun (1984)
Fête de
l'Autonomie/Heiva o te
(Internal Autonomy Day)
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Population:
290,373 (2018)
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GDP: $5.42
billion (2018)
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Exports:
$153 million (2018)
Imports: $1.63
billion (2018)
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Ethnic groups:
Polynesian 58.4% (of which Tahitian
41%, Tuamotuan 8.5%), mixed
European-Polynesian 17%,
Chinese 11.3%, French 11%, other 2.3%
(2000)
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Total Active
French Armed Forces: 900 (2016)
Total Police Force: 220 (2012)
Defense is the Responsibility of
France
Merchant marine:
17 ships (2018)
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Religions:
Protestant 36.9%,
Roman Catholic 38.8%,
Pentecostal 1.6%, other Christian 12.3%,
Chinese Folk
Religionist 0.8%, Baha'i 0.8%, other and not
specified 4.8%,
atheist
not religious 5.1% (2015)
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International
Organizations/Treaties:
ITUC, PC, PIF, UPU, WMO |
French
Polynesia Index
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Chronology
21 Jul
1595
Marquesas Islands sighted by Spanish
Capt.
Álvaro de Mendaña y Neyra, named Islas
Las
Marquesas de Mendoza.
4 Feb
1606
Tuamotu Islands sighted by Spanish
Capt. Pedro
Fernández de Quirós.
6 Jun
1722
Bora Bora discovered by
Dutch Capt. Jacob Roggeveen
7 Jun
1765
Tuamotu Islands re-sighted by British
Capt. John
Byron and named Isles of
Disappointment.
24 Jul
1767
Tahiti visited by British Capt. Samuel
Wallis,
and
named King George's Island by him.
2 Apr
1768
Tahiti visited by French Capt.
Louis-Antoine de
Bougainville, which he names
Nouvelle-Cythère
(New Cythera).
13 Apr
1769
British Capt. James Cook arrives
aboard H.M.S.
Endeavour at what he
calls "Otaheite."
22 Dec
1791
British Capt. George Vancouver aboard
H.M.S.
Discovery
sights `o Paro (Rapa) Island.
1 May
1842
Chiefs of the Marquesas Islands cede
sovereignty
to France; other islands are annexed
until 1900.
9 Sep
1842
`o Tahiti
(Tahiti) a
French protectorate.
17 Apr 1843
French Establishments of Oceania
(Établissements
Français de l'Océanie).
29 Jun
1880
Tahiti and dependencies ceded
to France by the
King
Pomare V (ratified by France 30 Dec
1880).
6 Mar 1881
`o
Paro (Rapa) annexed by
France.
5 Jul 1881
Mangareva
and Gambier Islands annexed
by France.
16 Mar
1888
Ra`iatea, Taha`a, and Huahine annexed
by France.
19 Mar
1888
Porapora (Borabora)
annexed by France.
25 Aug 1900
Rurutu in
Austral Islands annexed by France.
2
Sep 1901
Rimatara in
Austral Islands annexed by France.
16 Jun 1940 -
2 Sep 1940 Administration loyal
to "Vichy" France
(from 2 Sep 1940, under "Free"
French).
27 Oct
1946
French overseas territory of France.
22 Jul
1957
French Polynesia (Polynésie
Française).
12 Jul
1977
Limited autonomy.
9 Sep
1984
Autonomy increased (from 29
Jun 1984 law).
28 Mar
2003
French overseas collectivité.
27 Feb
2004
Designation (but not status) changed
to French a
pays d'outre-mer
(overseas country).
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French
Polynesia
(from 1843)
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Tahiti
(1791-1880)
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Ra`iatea and
Taha`a
(to
1888)
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Porapora
(Borabora)
(to
1888)
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Huahine
(to
1890)
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'o Paro
(Rapa)
(c.1800-1888)
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Mangareva
(to
1881)
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Taiohae
(Nuku Hiva)
(to 1901)
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Rimatara
(to 1901)
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Rurutu
(to 1900)
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Tahuata
(to c.1842)
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Society Islands
`o
Tahiti (Tahiti)
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- 26 Aug 1822 - 17 Mar 1829
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- 17 Mar 1829 - 11 Sep 1842
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- 11 Sep 1842 - c.1845
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- c.1845 - 29 Jun 1880
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1791
The numerous districts of the island of `o
Tahiti (called Otaheiti
by the Europeans), each ruled by an ari`i,
most descended from
partly legendary rulers of the whole island, come under
the
loose leadership of an ari`i rahi
(called king by the Europeans).
9 Sep
1842
`o Tahiti a French
protectorate.
1847
The Queen assumes the
style of "Queen of the Society Islands and
their Dependencies"; accepts French protectorate 1 Jan
1847.
29 Jun
1880
Tahiti (`o Tahiti)
and dependencies ceded to France by King
Pomare V
(ratified by France 30 Dec 1880).
Rulers (title Ari`i rahi)
13 Feb 1791 - 3 Sep 1803 Vai ra`a
toa Tû Pomare
I
(b. 1743 - d. 1803)
(de facto paramount ruler from 1768, first as ari`i,
then from 1774 as regent for the following)
3 Sep 1803 - 22 Dec
1808 Pomare II (1st
time)
(b. 1774 - d. 1821)
(succeeded the preceding at birth 1774 as ari`i)
22 Dec 1808 - 15 Nov 1815 Vacant
15 Nov 1815 - 7 Dec 1821 Pomare II
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
7 Dec 1821 - 8
Jan 1827 Teri`i tari`a Pomare
III
(b. 1820 - d. 1827)
7 Dec 1821 - 8
Jan 1827 Teri`i tari`a Ari`i
paea
(b. 1790 - d. 1858)
vahine (f) -Regent
11 Jan 1827 - 17 Sep 1877 `Aimata Pomare
IV Vahine (f) (b.
1813 - d. 1877)
17 Sep 1877 - 30 Dec 1880 Ari`i aue
Pomare
V
(b. 1839 - d. 1891)
French Commandants Particuliers
in Tahiti
8 Nov 1843 - 16 Jan 1845 Hippolyte
Foucher
d'Aubigny (d.
1848)
(commandant particulier
des Îles de la
Société)
16 Jan 1845 - 21 Nov 1854 Post
abolished
21 Nov 1854 - 1856
Louis François Roy
(b. 1812 - d. ....)
30 Dec 1856 - 1858
Pierre Benjamin Denis
Pouget, (b. 1808 - d.
1892)
comte Pouget
25 Oct 1858 - 1 Jan 1859 Pierre Joseph
Ernest de Saisset (b. 1828 - d. 1915)
(interim)
1 Jan 1859 - 1 Jun 1860 Louis Eugène
Gaultier de la (b. 1820
- d. 1886)
Richerie
Ra`iatea and Taha`a
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- 1847 - 1880
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- 1880 - 16 Mar 1888
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c.1300
Ra`iatea, poetically referred to as Havai`i, is regarded
as the legendary center of Polynesian dispersion.
c.1800
Tamatoa III unites the several districts of Ra`iatea and
becomes sole ruler.
1831
The ruler of Ra`iatea also becomes ruler of Taha`a, which
up to that date had been fragmented into several
districts.
1857
Annexation by 'o Tahiti.
1860
Independence recovered.
1880
French protectorate.
16 Mar
1888
Annexation by France.
Rulers (title Ari`i)
.... - ....
Tautu
.... - ....
Tamatoa I
.... - ....
Rofai
.... - 1771
Taraoari`i Tamatoa II fa`o
(d. 1771)
1771? - 10 Jul 1831 Vete`a
ra`i Tamatoa
III
(b. c.1757 - d. 1831)
10 Jul 1831 - 19 Aug 1857 Moe`ore Tamatoa
IV
(b. c.1797 - d. 1857)
(in Tahiti exile from 1854)
19 Aug 1857 - 8 Feb 1871 Tamatoa V a
Tu
(b. 1842 - d. 1881)
8 Feb 1871 - Apr
1881 Tahi toe
II
(b. 1808 - d. 1881)
Apr 1881 - 18 Mar 1884 Rereao Hau roa
ari`i
(f)
(b. 1830 - d. 1884)
18 Mar 1884 - 16 Mar 1888 Te uru ra`i Ari`i mate
Tamatoa VI
a
Tautu
(b. 1853 - d. 1905)
Porapora
(Borabora)
![[Bora Bora, Leeward Islands
Federation flag 1820-1845 (French Polynesia)] [Bora Bora, Leeward
Islands Federation flag 1820-1845 (French
Polynesia)]](borabor5.gif)
1820 - 1845
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![[Bora Bora, Leedward Fedration
flag variant 1820-1845 (French Polynesia)] [Bora Bora, Leedward
Fedration flag variant 1820-1845 (French
Polynesia)]](pf-li_fd.gif)
1820 - 1845 Variant
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- 1847 - 19 Mar 1888
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c.1500
Porapora, also called Vavau, has a lineage of rulers.
19 Mar
1888
Annexation by France.
Rulers (title Ari`i)
.... - 1745
Tau niua
(b. c.1707 - d. 1745)
1745 - 1778
Te ari`i maeva rua I (f)
(d. 1778)
1778 -
1812
Te ari`i noho ra`i Tapoa
I (b.
1772 - d. 1812)
.... -
....
Ma`i -Co-ruler with preceding
1812 - Jul
1860
Tapoa
II
(b. 1808 - d. 1860)
(styled Pomare abu rahi as husband
of Queen Pomare IV of Otaheiti)
26 Jul 1860 - 12 Feb 1873 Te ari`i maeva
rua II
(f)
(b. 1841 - d. 1873)
12 Feb 1873 - 19 Mar 1888 Te ari`i maeva
rua III
(f) (b.
1871 - d. 1932)
1873 -
1876
Tupua Temauiari`i Ha`amananahia`a
Mai
-Regent
(b.
1849 - d. 1911)
Huahine
![[Huahine flag
1847-1888 (French Polynesia)] [Huahine flag 1847-1888
(French Polynesia)]](pf-li_hh.gif)
1847- 16 Mar 1888
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16 Mar
1888
Annexation by France.
15 Sep 1895
Royalty terminated.
Rulers (title Ari`i)
.... - 1760
Mau`a
1760 - 1777
Rohianu`u
(d. 1777)
1777 - 1790
Te ha`a papa I Te `i`oa tua
(b. 1735 - d. 1790)
Teri`i tari`a (f)
1790 - 1793
Teri`i tari`a
(b. 1769 - d. 1793)
1793 - 1814
Te na ni`a
(b. c.1770 - d. 1814)
1814 - 18 Mar 1815
Mahine Te hei `ura
Puru
(b. 1761 - d. 1838)
18 Mar 1815 - 18 Mar 1852 Teri`i tari`a
Ari`i paea vahine (f)(b. 1790 - d. 1858)
18 Mar 1852 - 26 Jun 1854 Ma`i hara Te ma
ri`i Ari`i peu (b. 1822 - d.
1877)
vahine (f)
26 Jun 1854 - 26 Jun 1868 Te uru ra`i
Ari`i
mate
(b. 1824 - d. 1874)
26 Jun 1868 - 22 Feb
1888 Te ha`a papa II (f)(1st time)
(b. 1824 - d. 1893)
22 Feb 1888 - 16 Mar 1888
Teri`ifa`atau Marama
-Regent (b. 1851 - d. 1909)
(1st time)
16 Mar 1888 - 22 Jul 1890 Temari`i Ma`ihara Te uhe
(f) (b. 1838 - d.
1891)
22 Jul 1890 - 28 May 1893 Te ha`a
papa II (f)(2nd time) (s.a.)
22 Jul 1890 - 28 May 1893
Teri`ifa`atau
Marama -Regent
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
28 May 1893 - 15 Sep 1895 Te ari`i na
vaho roa Te ha`a (b.
1879 - d. 1917)
papa III (f)
28 May 1893 - 15 Sep 1895 Teri`ifa`atau
Marama -Regent
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
`o Paro (Rapa)
c.1800
Aureka lineage becomes the ruling Ngaitapana dynasty.
6 Mar
1881
Annexation by France, but kingship continues.
18 Jun
1887
Kingship abolished.
Kings (title Ariki)
c.1800 -
....
Koroi
- jointly with following -
c.1800 -
....
Teraau tamaiti
.... -
....
Pirimaiteiti
1817? -
1825
Tereau
1825 -
18..
Awariki
1863?
Aperahama
1867? -
1886
Te Paarima (Tereau
III)
(b. 1862 - d. 1887)
1886 - 18 Jun
1887
Anivai Ruirau (f)
Ma’areva
(Mangareva)
![[Mangareva kingdom flag 1832-44, 1855-60
(French Polynesia)] [Mangareva kingdom flag
1832-44, 1855-60 (French Polynesia)]](pf-tg-gm.gif)
1832 - 1844, 1855 - 1860
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16 Jan
1844
Ma’areva (Magareva
[Mangareva]) a French protectorate.
5 Jul
1881
Annexation by France.
Rulers (title `Akariki)
.... -
....
Apeiti
.... -
....
Mei`ara-tu`arua
.... -
....
Pokau (temporarily replaced by Poro)
.... -
....
O`oke`u
.... -
....
Te-Makorotau-eriki
.... -
....
Te-Mangi-tutavake
.... -
....
Teiti-a-tuou (usurper)
.... -
....
Te-`Akariki-tea (original name Tama)
+ Te-`Akariki-pangu
.... -
....
Te-Oa + Te-Ma`uru + Te-Ma-tetama
.... -
1830
Te-Ma-teoa (also called Te-Ma-purure)
+ Mataira
1830 - 20 Jun
1857
Te-Ma-puteoa
(b. 1814 - d.
1857)
(from 1836, Grégoire Stanislas dit
Gregorio I Te-Ma-puteoa)
20 Jun 1857 - 19 Nov 1868 Joseph Gregorio
II
(b. c.1828 - d. 1868)
19 Nov 1868 -
1869
Maria Eutokia Toaputeitou (f) -Regent
1869 -
1873
Aarona Te-Ika-tohara -Regent
1873 -
1881
Bernardo Teaoiti -Regent
- Taiohae (Nuku Hiva)
![[Nuku Hiva kingdom
(Taiohae) flag July 1835 (French Polynesia)] [Nuku Hiva
kingdom (Taiohae) flag July 1835 (French
Polynesia)]](pf-mq_nh.gif)
- 3-26 Jul 1835 Nuku Hiva
Kingdom
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....
Taiohae kingdom
1814
Claimed by David Porter for
the U.S., but claim is not ratified.
3 - 26 Jul 1835
Abortive Kingdom of Nuku Hiva proclaimed by
French adventurer.
1 May
1842
Chiefs of the Marquesas Islands cede sovereignty to
France.
Jun 1901
Annexed by France.
Rulers (title Haka`iki)
.... - ....
.... [1st ruler]
18.. - 4 Dec 1833 Hape
(b.
c.1791 - d. 1833)
1833 - c.1842
Kai Le Tua Vakamoa I
3 Jul 1835 - 26 Jul 1835 Charles Philipe
Hippolyte de (b. 1793 -
d. 1864)
Thierry (in rebellion)
c.1842
Loi Vakamoa II
(f)
1842 - 12 Sep 1863 Charles
Te Moana
(b. 1821 - d. 1863)
12 Sep 1863 - 16 Dec 1863
Elisabeth Vaekehu (f)(1st time)
(b. 1823 - d. 1901)
1863 - 1890
Stanislao Moanatini
(b. c.1847 - d. 1893)
1890 - Jun 1901
Elisabeth Vaekehu (f)(2nd
time) (s.a.)
Rimatara
![[Rimatara flag
c.1856-1891 (French Polynesia)] [Rimatara flag c.1856-1891
(French Polynesia)]](pf-au_rm.gif)
c.1856 - 1891
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1891 - 2 Sep 1901
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29 Mar 1889
French protectorate
2 Sep 1901
Annexed by France.
Rulers (title Ari`i)
17.. - 1807
Tamaeva I
(d. 1807)
1807 - 18..
Auura -Regent
1807 - 28 Nov 1865 Tamaeva
II
(b. c.1805 - d. 1865)
1865 - 1876
Tamaeva
III
(d. 1876)
1876 - 12 Nov 1892
Tamaeva IV (f)
(b. c.1870 - d.
1892)
12 Nov 1892 - 2 Sep 1901 Tamaeva V (f)
(b. 1830 - d. 1923)
Rurutu
-
- c.1858 - 1889
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-
![[Rurutu French
Protectorate flag 1889-1900 (French
Polynesia)] [Rurutu French
Protectorate flag 1889-1900 (French
Polynesia)]](pf-au_rp.gif)
- 1889 - 25 Aug 1900
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27 Mar 1889
French protectorate
25 Aug 1900
Annexed by France.
Rulers (title Ari`i)
18.. - 1822
Teramana Teuruari`i
I
(b. 1795 - d. 1822)
1822 - 18..
Tearoro`o Teuruari`i
II (b. 1821 - d.
1880)
18.. - 1879
Pa`a Teuruari`i
III
(b. 1840 - d. 1923)
1879 - 25 Aug 1900
Epatiama Teuruari`i IV
(b.
1876 - d. 1936)
Tahuata
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- c.1837 - 1 May 1842
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1 May 1842
French protectorate.
Apr 1880
Annexed by France.
Rulers (title Haka`iki)
1779 - 1818
Keatonui
(b. c.1743 - d. 1818)
1818 - Sep 1842
Iotete
(b. 1790 - d. 1843)
Sep 1842 - Apr 1880
Maheono
(d. 1880)
French Polynesia
1 May
1842
Chiefs of the Marquesas Islands cede sovereignty to
France;
other islands are annexed to 1900.
17 Apr 1843
French
Establishments of Oceania (Établissements
Français de
l'Océanie).
27 Oct
1946
Overseas territory of France.
22 Jul
1957
French Polynesia (Polynésie Française).
28 Mar
2003
Overseas collectivité
(collectivity).
27 Feb
2004
Overseas country.
Governors of the French
Establishments of Oceania, King's Commissioners
(from 24 Jun 1848,
Commissioners of the Republic) to
the Society Islands (Gouverneur
des Établissements
Français d'Océanie, Commissaire du Roi [from
1848, Commissaire
de la République]
aux îles de la Société)
17 Apr 1843 -
1847 Armand
Joseph
Bruat
(b. 1796 - d. 1855)
12 May 1847 - 28 Jun
1849 Charles François
Lavaud
(b. 1798 - d. 1878)
Senior Naval Officers
Commanding the Naval Subdivision of Oceania,
Commissioners of the
Republic to
the Society Islands (Officier supérieur
commandant la subdivision navale de
l'océanie commissaire
de la République
aux
îles de la Société)
28
Jun 1849 -
1850
Charles François Lavaud
(b. 1798 - d. 1878)
20 Mar 1850 -
1852
Louis Adolphe
Bonard
(b. 1805 - d. 1867)
16 Jun 1852 -
1854
Théogène François
Page
(b. 1807 - d. 1867)
Governors of
the French Establishments of
Oceania,
Imperial Commissioners
to the Society Islands
20 Nov 1854 - 13 Mar
1856 Joseph Fidèle Eugène, marquis du
(b. 1805 - d. 1867)
Bouzet (1st time)
13 Mar 1856 - 30 Dec 1856 Louis
François Roy (acting)
(b. 1812 - d.
....)
30 Dec 1856 - Jan 1857 Pierre
Benjamin Denis Pouget,
(b. 1808 - d. 1892)
comte Pouget (1st time)(interim)
Jan 1857 -
1858
Joseph Fidèle Eugène, marquis du
(s.a.)
Bouzet (2nd time)
25 Mar 1857 - Jun 1857
Pierre Benjamin Denis
Pouget, (s.a.)
comte Pouget (2nd time)(interim)
Jun 1857 -
1858
Joseph Fidèle Eugène, marquis
du (s.a.)
Bouzet (3rd time)
17 Sep 1858 - 25 Apr 1859
Jean-Marie Joseph
Théodose
(b. 1810 - d. 1879)
Saisset
25 Apr 1859 - 14 Jan
1860 Louis Eugène Gaultier de
la (b. 1820 -
d. 1886)
Richerie
Commandants
of the French
Establishments of Oceania, Imperial
Commissioners
(from 4 Nov 1870, Commissioners of
the Republic)
to the Society Islands
14 Jan 1860 -
1864 Louis
Eugène Gaultier de
la (s.a.)
Richerie
11 Oct 1864 -
1869
Émile François Guillaume Clément, (b. 1803 - d.
1874)
comte de la Roncière
5 Jun 1869 - 1871
Michel Louis
Isidore de Jouslard (b. 1814 - d. 1872)
1 Jun 1871 -
1874
Hippolyte Auguste
Girard
(b. 1822 - d. 1881)
5 Jun 1874 -
1876
Octave Bernard
Gilbert-Pierre (b. 1817 -
d. 1882)
17 Apr 1876 -
1877
Antoine Léonce Michaux
(b. 1822 - d. 1893)
25 Aug 1877 - 15 Sep 1877 Joseph
Henri
Brunet-Millet
(b. 1821 - d. 1885)
15 Sep 1877 - 1 Dec 1877 Paul Serre
(interim)
(b. 1818 - d. 1900)
1 Dec 1877 - 5 Feb
1878 Auguste Marie Édouard
d'Oncieu (b. 1833 - d. 1904)
de la Bâtie (interim)
5 Feb 1878 - 24 Feb
1880 Jacques Ferdinand
Planche
(b. 1829 - d. 1894)
24 Feb 1880 - 5 Jul
1881 Henri Isidore
Chessé
(b. 1839 - d. 1912)
Governors
of the French Establishments
of Oceania
5 Jul 1881 - 6 Sep
1881 Henri Isidore
Chessé
(s.a.)
6 Sep 1881 - 8 Oct 1883 Frédéric Jean
Dorlodot des Essarts (b. 1832 - d. 1899)
8 Oct 1883 - 1
Dec 1885 Marie Nicolas François
Auguste (b. 1832 - d. 1897)
Morau
1 Dec 1885 - 2
Sep 1886 Dauphin Moracchini (acting)
(b. 1846 - d. 1903)
2 Sep 1886 - 29
Oct 1889 Étienne Théodore
Lacascade
(b. 1841 - d. 1906)
(1st time)
29 Oct 1889 - 1 Jul 1890
Maurice d'Ingremard (acting)
(b. 1860 - d. 1892)
1 Jul 1890 - Apr
1893 Étienne Théodore
Lacascade (s.a.)
(2nd time)
Apr 1893 - 4 Jun 1893
Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud (b.
1844 - d. 1900)
4 Jun 1893 - 24 Oct 1893 Adolphe Jean
Granier de Cassagnac (b. 1849 - d. 1909)
(acting)
24 Oct 1893 - 7 Dec
1893 Lucien Jules Léon Bommier
(acting) (b. 1856 - d. 1897)
7 Dec 1893 - 20 Apr 1894
Jean Joseph Aimé Ours (acting)
(b. 1833 - d. 1905)
20 Apr 1894 - 1 Apr 1896
Pierre Louis Clovis
Papinaud (b. 1844 -
d. 1900)
1 Apr 1896 - 31 Jan 1897
Gustave Pierre Théodore Gallet
(b. 1850 - d. 1926)
(1st time) (acting)
31 Jan 1897 - 4 Feb 1898 Marie Louis
Gustave Gabrié (acting)(b. 1852 - d. 1907)
4 Feb 1898 - 24 Mar
1899 Gustave Pierre Théodore
Gallet (s.a.)
(2nd time)
24 Mar 1899 - 14 Jul 1899 Joseph-Marie de
Pous (acting) (b. 1860 - d.
1931)
14 Jul 1899 - 30 Nov 1899 Victor
François Frédéric
Rey (b. 1853 - d.
19..)
(1st time)(acting)
30 Nov 1899 - 19 Jan 1901
Gustave Pierre Théodore Gallet
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
19 Jan 1901 - 25 Feb 1901 Victor François Frédéric
Rey (s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting)
25 Feb 1901 - 5 Feb
1904 Édouard Georges Théophile
Petit (b. 1856 - d. 1904)
1904
Victor Louis Marie
Lanrezac (b.
1854 - d. 1916)
(did not take office)
5 Feb 1904 - 20 Feb 1905 Henri
François Charles Cor (acting)(b. 1864 - d. 1932)
20 Feb 1905 - 29 Mar
1907 Philippe Émile
Jullien
(b. 1845 - d. 1912)
29 Mar 1907 - 4 Dec
1908 Élie Adrien Édouard Charlier
(b. 1864 - d. 19..)
(acting)
4 Dec 1908 - 12 Aug 1910 Joseph
Pascal
François
(b. 1853 - d. 1914)
12 Aug 1910 - 6 Apr
1912 Jules Adrien Jean
Bonhoure
(b. 1860 - d. 1929)
6 Apr 1912 - 4
Aug 1912 Charles Hostein (acting)
(b. 1862 - d. 1930)
4 Aug 1912 - 4
Aug 1913 Baptiste Léon Géraud (acting)
(b. 1873 - d. 1954)
4 Aug 1913 - 24 Oct 1915 William
Maurice
Fawtier
(b. 1867 - d. 1926)
24 Oct 1915 - 18 Apr
1919 Gustave Jacques Henri
Julien (b. 1870 - d.
1936)
18 Apr 1919 - 17 May
1919 Guillaume Louis Antoine Hector
(b. 1866 - d. 1954)
Simoneau (acting)
17 May 1919 - 13 Feb 1921 Eugène
Stanislas Josselin Robert (b. 1867 - d.
1956)
(acting)
13 Feb 1921 - 10 Apr
1921 Gabriel Henri Joseph Thaly
(b. 1875 - d. 1967)
(1st time) (acting)
10 Apr 1921 - 17 Oct
1921 Auguste André Marius
Guédès (b.
1871 - d. 1929)
17 Oct 1921 - 18 Sep 1922
Gabriel Henri Joseph Thaly
(s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
18 Sep 1922 - 7 Jan
1927 Louis Félix Marie Édouard
Rivet (b. 1869 - d. 1933)
7 Jan 1927 - 30 Apr
1928 Jean Baptiste Dominique Alfred
(b. 1868 - d. 1935)
Solari (acting)
30 Apr 1928 - 21 Jun
1930 Joseph Louis Bouge
(acting) (b.
1878 - d. 1960)
21 Jun 1930 - 18 Jun
1932 Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Joré
(b. 1882 - d. 1975)
18 Jun 1932 - 17 Jun
1933 Alfred Léon Bouchet (acting)
(b. 1877 - d. 1952)
17 Jun 1933 - 9 May
1935 Michel Lucien
Montagné
(b. 1886 - d. 1942)
9 May 1935 - 17 Mar 1937 Henri
Sautot
(acting)
(b. 1885 - d. 1963)
17 Mar 1937 - 4 Sep
1940 Frédéric Marie Jean
Baptiste (b. 1889 -
d. 1976)
Chastenet de Géry
4 Sep 1940 - 12 Sep 1940 Provisional
Government
- Édouard
Ahnne
(b. 1867 - d. 1945)
- Georges Félix Lagarde
(b. 1867 - d. 1946)
- Émile Alexandre Martin
(b. 1879 - d. 1959)
- Georges
Bambridge
(b. 1887 - d. 1942)
12 Sep 1940 - 5 Nov
1940 Édmond
Mansard
(b. 1875 - d. 1952)
5 Nov 1940 - 18 Jun 1941 Émile de
Curton
(b. 1908 - d. 1986)
18 Jun 1941 - 1 Oct 1941
Richard
Brunot
(b. 1883 - d. 1958)
1 Oct 1941 - 13 Dec 1945 Georges
Louis Joseph Orselli (b. 1896 - d.
1971)
13 Dec 1945 - 10 Aug 1947 Jean Camille
Haumant
(b. 1898 - d. 1955)
(acting, from 13 Dec 1945 interim)
10 Aug 1947 - 2 Apr 1949 Pierre
Louis Maestracci
(b. 1893 - d. 1960)
2 Apr 1949 - 13 Oct 1950
Armand
Anziani
(b. 1904 - d. 1960)
13 Oct 1950 - 30 Nov
1950 Louis André Girault
(interim)
30 Nov 1950 - 28 Sep
1954 René Jean Albert
Petitbon
(b. 1902 - d. 1965)
28 Sep 1954 - 22 Jul 1957
Jean-François
Toby
(b. 1900 - d. 1964)
Governors, Chefs du Territoire
22 Jul 1957 - 10 Mar 1958 Jean-François
Toby
(s.a.)
10 Mar 1958 - 25 Oct
1958 Camille Victor Bailly
(acting) (b. 1907 - d. 1984)
25 Oct 1958 - 12 Dec
1960 Pierre René Jean
Sicaud
(b. 1911 - d. 1998)
1 Nov 1959 - Feb 1960
Georges Marie Joseph Poulet
(b. 1914 - d. 2008)
(acting for Sicaud)
12 Dec 1960 - 14 Jan 1965 Aimé
Grimald
(b. 1903 - d. 2000)
14 Jan 1965 - 11 Mar
1969 Jean Charles Sicurani
(b. 1915 - d. 1977)
11 Mar 1969 - 11 Aug
1973 Pierre Louis
Angeli
(b. 1921 - d. 2008)
11 Aug 1973 - 11 Jan 1976 Daniel
Videau
(b. 1920 - d. 2017)
11 Jan 1976 - 13 Jul 1977 Charles Schmitt
(b. 1922 - d. 1977)
High Commissioners (also
presidents of the council of ministers to 14 Sep 1984)
13 Jul 1977 - 31 Oct
1977 Charles Schmitt
(s.a.)
19 Dec 1977 - 27 Jul
1981 Paul
Cousseran
(b. 1922 - d. 2000)
27 Jul 1981 - 15 Jan
1983 Paul
Noirot-Cosson
(b. 1924 - d. 1997)
15 Jan 1983 - 28 Mar
1985 Alain Robert
Ohrel
(b. 1935 - d. 2010)
14 Apr 1985 - Apr
1986 Bernard
Gérard
(b. 1932 - d. 2011)
28 Apr 1986 - 10 Nov
1987 Pierre Louis Angéli
(s.a.)
28 Nov 1987 - 3 Jan
1992 Jean
Montpezat
(b. 1937)
31 Jan 1992 - 8 Aug
1994 Michel
Jau
(b. 1951)
8 Aug 1994 - 27 Aug
1997 Paul
Roncière
(b. 1942)
27 Aug 1997 - 8 Oct
1997 Micael Jeanjean
(acting)
(b. 1951)
8 Oct 1997 - 24 Oct
2001 Jean
Aribaud
(b. 1943)
24 Oct 2001 - 17 Nov
2001 Christian Massinon
(acting) (b.
1946)
17 Nov 2001 - 30 Jul
2005 Michel
Mathieu
(b. 1944 - d. 2010)
30 Jul 2005 - 10 Sep
2005 Jacques Michaut
(acting)
(b. 1946)
10 Sep 2005 - 29 Jun 2008 Anne
Boquet
(f)
(b. 1952)
29 Jun 2008 - 7 Jul 2008 Eric Spitz
(acting)
(b. 1963)
7 Jul 2008 - 7 Jan 2011 Adolphe Colrat
(b. 1955)
7 Jan 2011 - 24 Jan 2011 Alexandre Rochatte
(acting) (b. 1969)
24 Jan 2011 - 3 Sep 2012 Richard
Didier
(b. 1961)
3 Sep 2012 - 23 Aug 2013 Jean-Pierre
Laflaquiere (b.
1947)
23 Aug 2013 - 16 Sep 2013 Gilles Cantal
(acting)
(b. 1953)
16 Sep 2013 - 25 May 2016 Lionel
Beffre
(b. 1964)
25 May 2016 - 30 May 2016 Marc Tschiggfrey
(acting)
(b. 1971)
30 May 2016 - 29 May 2019 René
Bidal
(b. 1960)
29 May 2019 - 8 Aug 2019 Éric Requet
(acting)
(b. 1963)
8 Aug 2019
-
Dominique
Sorain
(b. 1955)
Vice presidents of the Government Council
12 Nov 1957 - 18 Oct 1958 Pouvanaa a
Oopa
(b. 1895 - d. 1977) RDPT
18 Oct 1958 - 11 Jul 1977 Post
abolished
11 Jul 1977 - 3 Jun 1982 Francis
Sanford
(b. 1912 - d. 1996) TEA-UF
3 Jun 1982 - 14 Sep 1984 Gaston
Flosse
(b.
1931)
TH-RPR
Presidents of the Government
14 Sep 1984 - 12 Feb 1987 Gaston Flosse
(1st
time)
(s.a.)
TH-RPR
12 Feb 1987 - 9 Dec 1987 Jacques
"Jacky"
Teuira
(b.
1933)
TH-RPR
9 Dec 1987 - 4 Apr 1991
Alexandre
Léontieff
(b. 1948 - d. 2009) TH;1988 TT
4 Apr 1991 - 27 Feb 2004 Gaston
Flosse (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
TH-RPR
Presidents
27 Feb 2004 - 14
Jun 2004 Gaston Flosse (1st
time)
(s.a.)
TH-UMP
14 Jun 2004 - 23
Oct 2004 Oscar Temaru (1st time)
(b.
1944)
TH-FLP/UPLD
23 Oct 2004
- 3 Mar 2005 Gaston Flosse (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
TH-UMP
3 Mar 2005
- 26 Dec 2006 Oscar Temaru (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
TH-FLP/UPLD
26 Dec 2006
- 13 Sep 2007 Gaston Tong
Sang (1st time) (b.
1949)
TH-UMP
13 Sep 2007 - 23 Feb 2008 Oscar
Temaru (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
TH-FLP/UPLD
23 Feb 2008 - 15 Apr 2008
Gaston Flosse (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
TH-UMP
15 Apr 2008 - 11 Feb 2009 Gaston
Tong Sang (2nd time)
(s.a.)
OPTA/TTA
11 Feb 2009 - 24
Nov 2009 Oscar Temaru (4th
time)
(s.a.)
TH-FLP/UPLD
24 Nov 2009 - 1 Apr
2011 Gaston Tong Sang (3rd time)
(s.a.)
OPTA/TTA
1 Apr 2011
- 17 May 2013 Oscar Temaru (5th
time)
(s.a.)
TH-FLP/UPLD
17 May 2013 - 5 Sep 2014 Gaston
Flosse (4th time)
(s.a.)
TH-UMP
5 Sep 2014 - 12 Sep 2014 Nuihau
Laurey
(acting)
(b. 1964)
TH-UMP
12 Sep 2014
-
Édouard Fritch
(b.
1952)
TH-UMP;2016
TAPURA
Presidents of the
Assembly (Representative Assembly to
1952;
Territorial Assembly
1952-1996; from 1996 Assembly)
11 Mar 1946 - 31 Mar
1949 Joseph Quesnot
(b. 1895 - d.
1949) RI
1 Apr 1949 - 4 Oct
1951 Jean Millaud (1st time)
(b. 1906 - d. 1991) RI
4 Oct 1951 - 14 Mar 1953 Albert
Leboucher
(b. 1888 - d. 1954) RDPT
14 Mar 1953 - 18 Oct 1953 Jean-Baptiste Céran-Jérusalémy
(b. 1921 - d. 2014) RDPT
(1st time)
18 Oct 1953 - 10 Jun 1955 Noël Ilari
(b. 1897 - d. 1985)
RDPT
10 Jun 1955 - 23 Apr 1958 Walter Grand
(b. 1917 - d. 1983) RDPT
23 Apr 1958 - 27 May 1958 Jean-Baptiste Céran-Jérusalémy
(s.a.)
RDPT
(2nd time)
27 May 1958 - 20 May 1959 Georges
Leboucher
(b. 1919 - d. 1973) UTD
20 May 1959 - 2 Mar 1961 Jacques
Tauraa (1st time) (b.
1920 - d. 1980) RDPT
2 Mar 1961 - 6 Nov 1962
Frantz Vanizette (1st
time) (b. 1927
- d. 2001) Ind
6 Nov 1962 - 17 May 1968 Jacques
Tauraa (2nd time)
(s.a.)
RDPT;1963 LH
17 May 1968 - 17 Jun 1969 Jean Millaud
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
TEA
17 Jun 1969 - 17 May 1970 John Teariki
(1st time)
(b. 1914 - d. 1983) THA-UP
14 May 1970 - 13 May 1971 Jean Millaud
(3rd time)
(s.a.)
TEA
13 May 1971 - 25 May 1972 John Teariki
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
THA-UP
25 May 1972 - 5 Oct 1972 Jean
Millaud (4th time)
(s.a.)
TEA
5 Oct 1972 - 5 Jun 1974
Gaston Flosse (1st
time)
(s.a.)
UT-UDR
5 Jun 1974 - 10 Jun 1976 Frantz
Vanizette (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
UF/TAT-TT
10 Jun 1976 - 7 Jun 1977 Gaston
Flosse (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
UT-UDR
7 Jun 1977 - 28 Apr 1978 Frantz
Vanizette (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
UF
28 Apr 1978 - 29 May 1979 John Teariki
(3rd
time)
(s.a.)
THA-UP
29 May 1979 - 30 May 1980 Frantz
Vanizette (4th
time)
(s.a.)
UF
30 May 1980 - 29 May 1981 John Teariki
(4th
time)
(s.a.)
PHA/UP
29 May 1981 - 1 Jun 1982 Frantz
Vanizette (5th
time)
(s.a.)
UF
1 Jun 1982 - 5 Apr 1983 Émile
Vernaudon (1st
time)
(b.
1943)
AA
5 Apr 1983 - 12 Mar 1987 Jacques
Teuira
(s.a.)
TH-RPR
12 Mar 1987 - 10 May 1988 Roger Doom
(b. 1935 - d. 2016)
TH-RPR
10 May 1988 - 28 Mar 1991 Jean Juventin
(1st
time)
(b. 1928 - d. 2019) PHA
28 Mar 1991 - 2 Apr 1992 Émile
Vernaudon (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
AA
2 Apr 1992 - 6 Apr 1995 Jean
Juventin (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
UP
6 Apr 1995 - 23 May 1996 Tinomana
Ebb
(b. 1934 - d. 2009)
TAM-VC/UDF
23 May 1996 - 17 May 2001 Justin
Arapari
(b. 1947)
TH-RPR
17 May 2001 - 3 Jun 2004 Lucette
Taero
(f)
(b. 1957)
TH-RPR
3 Jun 2004 - 16 Nov 2004 Antony Géros
(1st time)
(b. 1956)
TH-FLP/UPLD
16 Nov 2004 - 14 Apr 2005 Hirohiti
Tefaarere (1st time) (b.
1954)
TH-UMP/UPLD
(interim)
14 Apr 2005 - 13 Apr 2006 Antony Géros
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
TH-FLP/UPLD
13 Apr 2006 - 12 Apr 2007 Philip Schyle
(1st time)
(b.
1962)
FA-UDF/ADN
12 Apr 2007 - 26 Feb 2008 Édouard
Fritch
(1st time)
(s.a.)
TH-UMP
26 Feb 2008 - 29 Feb 2008 Hirohiti
Tefaarere (2nd time) (s.a.)
AA/TTA
(interim)
29 Feb 2008 - 11 Feb 2009 Oscar Temaru
(1st time)
(s.a.)
TH-FLP/UPLD
12 Feb 2009 - 9 Apr 2009 Édouard
Fritch (2nd time)
(s.a.)
TH-UMP
9 Apr 2009 - 9 Apr 2010 Philip
Schyle (2nd time)
(s.a.)
OPTA
9 Apr 2010 - 1 Apr 2011 Oscar
Temaru (2nd time)
(s.a.)
TH-FLP/UPLD
1 Apr 2011 - 14 Apr 2011 Antony Géros
(3rd time) (interim) (s.a.)
TH-FLP/UPLD
14 Apr 2011 - 16 May 2013
Jacques "Jacqui" Tiamatahi Drollet (b. 1944)
UPLD/UDSP
16 May 2013 - 12 Sep 2014 Édouard
Fritch (3rd time)
(s.a.)
TH-UMP
15 Sep 2014 - 17 May 2018 Marcel Tuihani
(b. 1971)
TH-UMP;2018 TOAP
17 May 2018 -
Gaston Tong Sang
(s.a.)
TAPURA
Party abbreviations: AA
= 'Ai'a 'Api/Nouveau Patrie (New Nation,
center-left, autonomist, split
from TEA, est.1982);
ADN = Alliance pour une
Démocratie Nouvelle (Alliance for a New Democracy,
centrist coalition of FA and No Oe E
Te Nunaa [This Country is Yours],
est.2004); FA = Fetia
'Api/Nouvelle Étoile (New
Star, center-right, pro-autonomy, est.Feb 1996); Ind
= Indépendant (Independent);
OPTA = O Porinetia To Tatou 'Ai'a
(Polynesia Our Home, pro-autonomy,
anti-independence, split from TH-UMP, est.2007);
TAPURA = Tapura Huiraatira/Liste du Peuple
(People's List, autonomist, anti-independence right,
split from TH, est.20 Feb 2016); TH-FLP
= Tavini Huira'atira no t'ao Ma'ohi/ Front de Libération
de la Polynésie (Servant of the Polynesian People
- Front for the Liberation of Polynesia,
independentist, est.1977); TH-UMP =
Taho'era'a Huira'atira-Union pour un
Mouvement Populaire (Our Home -
Popular Rally Union for a Popular Movement,
Gaullist conservative, autonomist,
anti-independence, former TH-RPR,
est.2003); TTA
= To Tatou 'Ai'a (Our Home Alliance, autonomist
coalition led by OPTA,
est.2008); TOAP = Te Ora 'Api o
Porinetia/Nouveau Souffle pour la Polynésie (A New Wind
for Polynesia, reformist, split from TH-UMP, est.2018);
UPLD = Union pour la Démocratie
(Union for Democracy, pro-independence coalition, incl.
TH-UMP, AA, FA,
and TH-FLP, est.2004);
- Former
parties: HA
= Here Ai'a (Love
the Land, 1963-c.1978); PHA =
Pupu Here 'Ai'a/Parti de l'Amour du Peuple
(Love of the People Party, autonomist, 1965-1983);
RDPT = Rassemblement Démocratique des
Populations Tahitiennes (Democratic Rally of
the Tahitian Populations, separatist, Oct 1947-5
Nov 1963, succeeded by HA); RI = Républicains
Indépendants (Independent Republicans); TAM-VC
= Te 'Avei'a Mau/le Vrai Cap (True
Path, est.1996);
TAT-TT = Te Au Tahoeraa-Tomite Taufa
(loose coalition, est.1972);
TEA = Te E'a 'Api No
Porinetia (New Way of Polynesia, autonomist,
1965-1985); THA =
Te Here Ai'a (Love of the Land, est.1965);
TH-RPR = Taho'era'a
Huira'atira-Rassemblement pour la République (Our Home
- People's Rally for the Republic, conservative,
Gaullist, autonomist, anti-independence, 1977-2003,
renamed TH-UMP); TT
= Te Ti'arama (The Torch,
center-right, split split from
TH-RPR, est.1987); UC = Union
de Centrist (Centrist Union, centrist); UDF
= Union pour la Démocratie Française (Union for
the French Democracy, centrist, social-democratic,
1978-1998); UF
= Uni Front (United Front, coalition of THA and part of
E'a Api and minor parties, est.1977); UDSP
= Union pour le Développement, la
Stabilité et la Paix (Union for Development, Stability
and Peace, coalition incl. TH-FLP,
split from UPLD, 2008-2010); UP
= Union Polynésienne (Polynesian Union, moderate
autonomist, incl. TT and PHA, est.1991); UTD =
Union Tahitienne Démocratique (Tahitian
Democratic Union, Gaullist, autonomist, 1958-1962,
renamed UTD-UNR); UTD-UNR =
Union Tahitienne Démocratique-Union pour la
Nouvelle République (Tahitian Democratic
Union-Union for the New Republic, Gaullist,
autonomist, 1962-1968, renamed UT-UDR); UT-UDR
= Union Tahitienne - Union pour la
Défense de al République
(Tahitian Union-Union for Defense of the
Republic, Gaullist, autonomist, 1968-1977,
merged into TH-RPR)
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