Simplicio Lissant | |
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Mayor of Punaauia | |
Assumed office 7 September 2018 | |
Preceded by | Rony Tumahai |
Member of the
French Polynesian Assembly for Windward Isles 3 | |
Assumed office 30 April 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1962 [1] |
Political party | Tāpura Huiraʻatira |
Simplicio Lissant (born 1962) is a French Polynesian politician and Member of the Assembly of French Polynesia. He has served as Mayor of Punaauia since 2018. He is a member of Tāpura Huiraʻatira.
He was first elected to the municipal council of Punaauia in 2002. [2] [3] He was elected deputy mayor in 2008, serving under Rony Tumahai. [3] He ran in the 2013 French Polynesian legislative election as a candidate for A Tia Porinetia, [4] but was not elected. In September 2018 he was elected as Mayor of Punaauia following Tumahai's death. [3] He was re-elected unopposed as Mayor following the 2020 municipal elections in May 2020. [5]
He was first elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia as a Tāpura candidate in the 2023 French Polynesian legislative election. [6]
Simplicio Lissant | |
---|---|
Mayor of Punaauia | |
Assumed office 7 September 2018 | |
Preceded by | Rony Tumahai |
Member of the
French Polynesian Assembly for Windward Isles 3 | |
Assumed office 30 April 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1962 [1] |
Political party | Tāpura Huiraʻatira |
Simplicio Lissant (born 1962) is a French Polynesian politician and Member of the Assembly of French Polynesia. He has served as Mayor of Punaauia since 2018. He is a member of Tāpura Huiraʻatira.
He was first elected to the municipal council of Punaauia in 2002. [2] [3] He was elected deputy mayor in 2008, serving under Rony Tumahai. [3] He ran in the 2013 French Polynesian legislative election as a candidate for A Tia Porinetia, [4] but was not elected. In September 2018 he was elected as Mayor of Punaauia following Tumahai's death. [3] He was re-elected unopposed as Mayor following the 2020 municipal elections in May 2020. [5]
He was first elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia as a Tāpura candidate in the 2023 French Polynesian legislative election. [6]