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TAHITI.COM-About Tahiti-Government- French Polynesia On November 23rd, 1984, the Assembly of French Polynesia officially adopted the Polynesian sailing canoe, as the Territory’s symbol of essential values for the people of Tahiti and Her Islands. The C.E.S.C. is an advisory group which is consulted by the Government of French Polynesia or the Assembly of French Polynesia regarding projects that have an economic, social or cultural nature. This Assembly is made of 57 Territorial advisers, representing the six districts of the five archipelagos of French Polynesia. www.tahiti.com /english-version/about-tahiti/gen-resources/govmt-tahiti.htm   (2839 words)

Temaru regains French Polynesia presidency : Melbourne Indymedia All have seats in the French Polynesia Assembly and were among the 26 members of Flosse’s political coalition who were absent for Monday’s scheduled vote to elect a new government president. Ministers of outgoing French Polynesia President Gaston Flosse spent three days inaugurating new facilities in remote parts of the Tuamotu Archipelago and the Gambier Islands, according to a communiqué issued Monday from the presidency. French Polynesia's legislative assembly today elected pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru as President for the second time in recent months. melbourne.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=88775   (2105 words)

French Polynesia - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade On 15 November, France’s Council of State annulled the May 2004 election result in French Polynesia’s largest electorate, the Windward Islands (which account for 37 of the Assembly’s 57 seats and include the main islands of Tahiti and Moorea). French Polynesia is a parliamentary democracy, with a 57-member assembly and an executive headed by a president elected by a simple majority vote within the assembly. A medium-term goal for both the French State and the French Polynesian Governments is a steady increase in the proportion of income generated in French Polynesia. www.dfat.gov.au /geo/french_polynesia/polynesia_brief.html   (1702 words)

French Polynesia Profile: Government President of the Territorial Government of French Polynesia Gaston FLOSSE (since 4 April 1991); President of the Territorial Assembly Lucette TAERO (since 17 May 2001) French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; high commissioner appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; president of the Territorial Government and the president of the Territorial Assembly are elected by the members of the assembly Clipperton Island is administered by France from French Polynesia www.nationmaster.com /country/fp/Government   (1702 words)

CIA - The World Factbook -- French Polynesia head of government: President of the Territorial Government of French Polynesia Oscar TEMARU (since 3 March 2005); President of the Territorial Assembly Antony GEROS (since 9 May 2004) Since 1962, when France stationed military personnel in the region, French Polynesia has changed from a subsistence agricultural economy to one in which a high proportion of the work force is either employed by the military or supports the tourist industry. elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; high commissioner appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; president of the Territorial Government and the president of the Territorial Assembly are elected by the members of the assembly www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/fp.html   (691 words)

French Polynesia - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade On 15 November, France’s Council of State annulled the May 2004 election result in French Polynesia’s largest electorate, the Windward Islands (which account for 37 of the Assembly’s 57 seats and include the main islands of Tahiti and Moorea). French Polynesia was Australia's fourth largest Pacific market (after New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Fiji) in 2003-4 with Australian exports to French Polynesia totalling $266 million (of which more than half were petroleum products, and other exports were vessels, rice, flour, food products and meat). French Polynesia is a parliamentary democracy, with a 57-member assembly and an executive headed by a president elected by a simple majority vote within the assembly. www.dfat.gov.au /geo/french_polynesia/polynesia_brief.html   (691 words)

Eleven Pacific countries at ninth EPS seminar Temaru’s election is a result of the general elections in French Polynesia. Temaru also said earlier that he would seek to have the recently-endorsed autonomy status of French Polynesia reviewed, because, he said, it was “imposed without any consultation”. Other items on the new government’s agenda are to “get in touch” with the French government to obtain assurances that “agreement signed between the French Republic and French Polynesia remain current”. www.antenna.nl /ecsiep/bulletin/bull12-2/1.html   (691 words)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Pacific Division - French Polynesia Political, Economic and Relationship Country Paper In July 1957 the territory was reconstituted “French Polynesia”, broadening the assembly’s responsibilities and creating a government council of 6-8 ministers. The 49-councillors of the Assembly of French Polynesia are elected by universal suffrage for a 5-year term. This body is appointed by the President of the Government, who in turn is elected by a majority vote of all the councillors in the Assembly of French Polynesia. www.mft.govt.nz /foreign/regions/pacific/country/frenchpolynesiapaper.html   (691 words)

French Polynesia, Map and Flag head of government: President of the Territorial Government of French Polynesia Gaston FLOSSE (since 4 April 1991); President of the Territorial Assembly Lucette TAERO (since 17 May 2001) Since 1962, when France stationed military personnel in the region, French Polynesia has changed from a subsistence agricultural economy to one in which a high proportion of the work force is either employed by the military or supports the tourist industry. elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; high commissioner appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; president of the Territorial Government and the president of the Territorial Assembly are elected by the members of the assembly www.greatestcities.com /Oceania/French_Polynesia.html   (803 words)

Charting the Pacific - Places French Polynesia, an external territory of France, was used for thirty years between 1966 and 1996 as the testing ground for the French nuclear arsenal. French Polynesia is an autonomous territory of France. The French Parliament is expected to approve a broadening of the statute which will transform French Polynesia into an 'overseas country' within the French Republic. www.abc.net.au /ra/pacific/places/country/french_polynesia.htm   (888 words)

French Polynesia French Polynesia is divided into five archipelagos: the Society Islands, composed of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands; the Tuamotu Archipelago; the Gambier Islands; the Austral Islands; and the Marquesas Islands. French Polynesia (French Polynésie Française), overseas territory of France, consisting of several groups of small islands scattered over a wide area of the eastern South Pacific Ocean. French is the official language, but various Polynesian languages are generally spoken. www.sneadsferry.net /lodging/country/pf.html   (292 words)

SOS Children's Villages - Country Information on French Polynesia In 1958, French Polynesia voted in favour of the new constitution of the French Fifth Republic and remained an Overseas Territory of the French Republic. French Polynesia has a tropical climate, which is hot and humid from November to April but cooler and drier for the remainder of the year. In French Polynesia 13% of the population is employed in the agricultural sector, with 19% is employed in manufacturing and 68 % in the services sector. www.sos-childrensvillages.org /html/country_information_french_polynesia.html   (1018 words)

Government - French Polynesia - Oceania: council judicial, government territorial, france time, head state, france territory At this time, the people of French Polynesia became citizens of France, and the territory established an elected territorial assembly to manage local affairs. Judicial authority in French Polynesia is vested in the president of France. Politics in French Polynesia is somewhat fluid, and a wide range of opinion is represented. www.countriesquest.com /oceania/french_polynesia/government.htm   (439 words)

French Polynesia Subdivisions Paraskevas Renesis writes that the status of French Polynesia was changed from territoire d'outre-mer (overseas territory) to pays d'outre-mer (overseas country) by Law 2004-192 of 2004-02-27, signed by the president on 2004-03-01. The primary divisions of French Polynesia used to be known as circonscriptions. The U.M.P. Party French National Assembly page specifies the more precise title "pays d'outre-mer au sein de la République" (overseas country in the bosom of the Republic), and says that the assembly passed the measure on 2004-01-15. www.statoids.com /upf.html   (439 words)

Radio Australia - Pacific Beat - Stories - FRENCH POLYNESIA: End of an era for outgoing President Flosse? French Polynesia's Assembly will gather in Tahiti on Monday to vote for a new President. FRENCH POLYNESIA: End of an era for outgoing President Flosse? First elected as President of French Polynesia in 1982, Mr. www.radioaustralia.net.au /pacbeat/stories/s1312716.htm   (439 words)

Radio Australia - Pacific Beat - Stories - FRENCH POLYNESIA: End of an era for outgoing President Flosse? French Polynesia's Assembly will gather in Tahiti on Monday to vote for a new President. Speakers: Elise Huffer, Acting Director of Pacific Studies, PIAS-DG, University of the South Pacific; Jean-Marc Regnault, Lecturer in Politics, University of French Polynesia. Flosse has long been noted for his grandiose visions for French Polynesia, building a massive Presidential palace, creating local airlines and TV stations, even planning a tunnel under the lagoon in Tahiti to ease traffic congestion. www.radioaustralia.net.au /pacbeat/stories/s1312716.htm   (849 words)

French Polynesia on Encyclopedia.com French Polynesia is administered by a French-appointed high commissioner and by an elected assembly that elects a territorial president and a council of ministers. France began testing nuclear weapons in some parts of French Polynesia in the 1960s, meeting with widespread local opposition; a series of six tests in 1995-96 was declared by France to be the last. The change led to political tensions in French Polynesia; at the same time, the French State Council called for rerunning the balloting for nearly two thirds of the seats. www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/FrenchP1o.asp   (715 words)

ABC News: Tahitian Leads French Polynesia Elections The narrow loss gave an extra seat in the Assembly of French Polynesia to the pro-independence party. The results meant that, with the seats they already held, both Temaru and Flosse's parties each have 27 members in the 57-seat Assembly of French Polynesia. A young boy holds the Tavini pro-independence party flag outside a polling station in Papeete, Tahiti, Sunday Feb. 13, 2005, as voters cast their ballots in a partial legislative election that islanders hope will resolve a months-long crisis that has broken the calm of French Polynesia and divided politicians all the way to Paris. abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=497176   (715 words)

Tahiti: French government calls on parties to meet : Melbourne Indymedia Both delegations came back to French Polynesia saying they were satisfied with the series of meetings they had held with their respective allies (the opposition French Socialists in the case of Temaru’s UPLD and the ruling UMP party in the case of Flosse’s Tahoeraa Huiraatira). Former French Polynesia President Oscar Temaru and his supporters continue to occupy the presidential offices in downtown Papeete, not allowing re-elected President Gaston Flosse and his new government access to the offices. The French government’s announcement also comes as the Pacific islands forum secretariat has confirmed on Monday it was sending an envoy to French Polynesia in order to possibly mediate into a power-struggle that has crippled local institutions for the past two months. melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2004/11/83019_comment.php   (715 words)

Politics of French Polynesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; high commissioner appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; president of the Territorial Government and the president of the Territorial Assembly are elected by the members of the assembly The new status of overseas "country" gives a large autonomy to the territory, while remaining part of the French Republic. note: one seat was elected to the French Senate on en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_French_Polynesia   (715 words)

Radio Australia - Pacific Beat - Stories - FRENCH POLYNESIA: Government falls as France refuses new elections Since the principles of democracy are not respected, we asked the Minister to dissolve the Assembly so that we could all go back before all the voters of French Polynesia. DROLLET: She refused our request, explaining that everything was going well in French Polynesia, there were no blockages of the institutions and that it wouldn't be right to dissolve Parliament just four months after elections. MACLELLAN: In May this year, French Polynesia's long-serving President Gaston Flosse was defeated in elections for the local Assembly. www.abc.net.au /ra/pacbeat/stories/s1217644.htm   (715 words)

French Polynesia - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade French Polynesia is a parliamentary democracy, with a 57-member assembly and an executive headed by a president elected by a simple majority vote within the assembly. A medium-term goal for both the French State and the French Polynesian Governments is a steady increase in the proportion of income generated in French Polynesia. French Polynesia was also enabled to negotiate and sign in its own right administrative arrangements and regional cooperation agreements with countries in the Pacific region. www.dfat.gov.au /geo/french_polynesia/polynesia_brief.html   (1702 words)

Expatica's French news in English: French Polynesia head plans October elections PAPEETE, March 25 (AFP) - French Polynesia is to ask Paris' permission to dissolve its assembly to hold elections, the territory's president said on Thursday. French Polynesia is halfway between Australia and South America and has around 230,000 inhabitants. France has recently passed a law giving the territory more autonomy, creating a new constituency, raising the number of assembly seats and changing the voting system. www.expatica.com /source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id=5997   (187 words)

French Polynesia - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade French Polynesia is a parliamentary democracy, with a 57-member assembly and an executive headed by a president elected by a simple majority vote within the assembly. Tourism is the largest sector of the domestic economy and French Polynesia's biggest earner of foreign income. A medium-term goal for both the French State and the French Polynesian Governments is a steady increase in the proportion of income generated in French Polynesia. www.dfat.gov.au /geo/french_polynesia/polynesia_brief.html   (1702 words)

French Polynesia Leader Voted Out (phillyBurbs.com) Flosse, who is close to French President Jacques Chirac, has held the presidency for 19 of the past 22 years and less than a year ago, he was the archipelago's uncontested and unrivaled leader. Under French law, Flosse, 73, remains in the post until a new regional president is selected by the assembly within the next 15 days. The motion against Gaston Flosse, who has headed the assembly for much of the past generation, garnered 30 votes Friday in the 57-seat body. www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/92-02192005-452875.html   (1702 words)

CIA - The World Factbook -- France Madagascar claims Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, and Juan de Nova Island; Comoros claims Mayotte; Mauritius claims Tromelin Island; territorial dispute between Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana; France asserts a territorial claim in Antarctica (Adelie Land); France and Vanuatu claim Matthew and Hunter Islands, east of New Caledonia elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (changed from seven-year term in October 2000); election last held 21 April and 5 May 2002 (next to be held, first round April 2007, second round May 2007); prime minister nominated by the National Assembly majority and appointed by the president elections: Senate - last held 26 September 2004 (next to be held September 2007); National Assembly - last held 8-16 June 2002 (next to be held not later than June 2007) www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/fr.html   (1702 words)

Independent Media Center www.indymedia.org ((( i ))) On October 8, 2004 the pro-independence Temaru Government of French Polynesia was defeated in a no-confidence motion in the local assembly, after serving just four months in office. In French Polynesia the pro-independence "government of Oscar Temaru has just been deprived of its electoral victory of 23rd May with the benediction from Paris." according to a communique from the Europe Pacific Solidarity Seminar. French Socialist Party secretary general Francois Hollande linked the election results in French Polynesia and New Caledonia to the April French elections, where all but one of metropolitan France’s regions shifted to the left. www.indymedia.org /or/2004/10/112225.shtml   (1702 words)

Pacific Islands: PINA and Pacific Both sides are anxiously awaiting the Council of State in Paris to decide whether to follow it’s judge’s recommendation to nullify the May 23 French Polynesia parliamentary elections in the Windward Islands—Tahiti and Moorea. Since Tahiti’s parliament voted 20-0 on Oct. 22 to elect Flosse as government president, Temaru has constantly asked French President Jacques Chirac to dissolve the French Polynesia Assembly and order new elections held. As French Polynesia President Gaston Flosse and former President Oscar Temaru both continue to claim they are running the government, Temaru announced Monday that his coalition had become larger and proposed a triumvirate to run the government. www.pacificmagazine.net /pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=13400   (1702 words)

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