Lana Tetuanui
{{Short description|French politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lana Tetuanui
| image = Lana Tetuanui Sénatrice PF 1.3.2017 IMG 4439.jpg
| caption = Tetuanui in 2017
| office1 = 1st Vice President of the
Assembly of French Polynesia
| term_start1 = 18 September 2014
| term_end1 = 21 September 2017
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| office = Senator for French Polynesia
| term_start = 3 May 2015
| term_end =
| predecessor = Teura Iriti
| successor2 =
| birth_name = Lana Hunter
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1970|02|23}}
| birth_place = Uturoa, French Polynesia
| nationality = French
| occupation = Hostess
| partner = Cyril Tetuanui
| party = Tapura Huiraatira {{nowrap|(since 2016)}}
| otherparty = Tahoeraa Huiraatira {{nowrap|(until 2015)}}
}}
Lana Tetuanui (née Hunter, 23 February 1970) is a French politician who has served as a Senator for French Polynesia since 2015. A member of Tapura Huiraatira, she has been elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia since 2001.
Career
Tetuanui was born in Uturoa, on the island of Raiatea. Her husband Cyril Tetuanui has been Mayor of Tumaraa since the 2008 municipal election.
In 2001, she was elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia for the Leeward Islands on the list led by Oscar Temaru. She became an ally of Gaston Flosse, serving as a cabinet minister from 2008 to 2011. A member of Tahoeraa Huiraatira, she became 1st Vice President of the Assembly in 2014, working with Édouard Fritch, elected President of French Polynesia that year. In 2015, she was elected to the Senate alongside Nuihau Laurey, against the candidates presented by Flosse. She was expelled from her party, founding Tapura Huiraatira in 2016, which would go on to win a majority in the 2018 legislative election.{{cite web | url=http://www.assemblee.pf/representants | title=TROMBINOSCOPE DES REPRÉSENTANTS | date= 2015 | access-date=13 August 2017 | language=fr}}
In September 2020 she was reelected to the Senate alongside fellow Tapura Huiraatira candidate Teva Rohfritsch.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/427087/tapura-retains-tahiti-s-two-seats-in-french-senate |title=Tapura retains Tahiti's two seats in French Senate |publisher=RNZ |date=28 September 2020 |access-date=30 January 2022}}
She was re-elected to the Assembly in the 2023 election.{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/La-nouvelle-composition-de-l-assemblee_a216883.html |title=La nouvelle composition de l'assemblée |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=1 May 2023 |access-date=1 May 2023}}
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Category:French Polynesian women in politics
Category:21st-century French women politicians
Category:Union of Democrats and Independents politicians
Category:Tapura Huiraatira politicians
Category:Members of the Assembly of French Polynesia
Category:Senators of French Polynesia
Category:Women members of the Senate (France)
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