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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 French Polynesia briefly in 2011, and again from 2020-2021. He is a founding member of Tahoeraa Huiraatira.[2] 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
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