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Frédéric Riveta
French Polynesian politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frédéric Riveta (born 19 July 1954) is a French Polynesian politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of Tapura Huiraatira.
Frédéric Riveta | |
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![]() Riveta in 2014 | |
Minister of Agriculture and Island Development | |
In office 16 September 2014 – 8 October 2015 | |
President | Édouard Fritch |
Preceded by | Thomas Moutame |
Succeeded by | Édouard Fritch |
Mayor of Rurutu | |
Assumed office 1995 | |
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly for Austral Islands | |
Assumed office 1996 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 July 1954 Rurutu, French Polynesia |
Political party | Tahoera'a Huiraatira Tapura Huiraatira |
Riveta has been mayor of Rurutu since 1995.[1] He was first elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia in the 1996 French Polynesian legislative election. He served as a Minister several times in the Flosse , Tong Sang and Temaru governments, holding the positions of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Economy.[2]
On 1 March 2011 he was sacked from the government of Gaston Tong Sang for failing to support the budget.[3] He was replaced as a Minister by Louis Frébault.[4] He was re-elected to the Assembly at the 2013 election and elected third vice-president.[5] In September 2014 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Island Development in the government of Édouard Fritch.[6] In October 2015 he resigned from the executive and returned to the ranks of the Assembly to strengthen Fritch's majority, his substitute being a supporter of Gaston Flosse.[7][8]
During the founding congress of the Tapura Huiraatira in 2016 he was elected one of the party's vice-presidents.[9]
He was re-elected to the Assembly at the 2018 election.[10] In 2020 he was re-elected for a fifth term as Mayor of Rurutu.[1] He was re-elected to the Assembly in the 2023 election.[11]