Nicole Bouteau
{{Short description|French Polynesian politician (born 1969)}}
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Nicole Bouteau (born 1969) is a French Polynesian politician. She is a member of the Assembly of French Polynesia and a former Minister of Tourism.{{cite web |title=Nicole Bouteau |url=http://www.assemblee.pf/pdf/RepresentantDetail/4 |publisher=Assemblée de la Polynésie française |access-date=14 December 2021}} She is the daughter of artist Fauura Bouteau.{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Fauura-Bouteau-chevalier-dans-l-ordre-de-Tahiti-Nui_a179746.html |title=Fauura Bouteau, chevalier dans l’ordre de Tahiti Nui |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=10 March 2019 |access-date=19 December 2023}}
Education
Bouteau has a masters degree from the University of French Polynesia.
Political career
Bouteau is a member of the Assembly of French Polynesia, representing the Windward Islands (Iles du vent) in 2003-2008 and since May 2013. She is a member of the Tapura Huiraatira party but has previously been a member of Rassemblement pour une majorité autonomiste and {{ill|A Ti'a Porinetia|fr}}. In April 2003 she founded the No Oe E Te Nunaa party.{{cite web |url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2003/04/15/new-political-parties-new-caledonia-french-polynesia |title=NEW POLITICAL PARTIES IN NEW CALEDONIA, FRENCH POLYNESIA |publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=15 April 2003 |access-date=16 December 2021}} At the 2004 election president Gaston Flosse lost his majority, and Bouteau sided with pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru.{{cite web |url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2004/06/04/historic-win-opposition-french-polynesia |title=HISTORIC WIN FOR OPPOSITION IN FRENCH POLYNESIA |publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=4 June 2004 |access-date=16 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904033415/http://www.pireport.org/articles/2004/06/04/historic-win-opposition-french-polynesia |archive-date=4 September 2021}} Following the collapse of Temaru's government she united with Philip Schyle to contest the Windward Islands by-elections as the Alliance for a New Democracy (ADN).{{cite web |url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2005/01/12/seven-parties-crowd-race-tahiti-assembly |title=SEVEN PARTIES CROWD RACE FOR TAHITI ASSEMBLY |publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=12 January 2005 |access-date=16 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216163841/http://www.pireport.org/articles/2005/01/12/seven-parties-crowd-race-tahiti-assembly |archive-date=16 December 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2005/02/03/alternative-party-waits-tahiti-chess-board |title=ALTERNATIVE PARTY WAITS ON TAHITI CHESS BOARD |publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=3 February 2005 |access-date=16 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216163829/http://www.pireport.org/articles/2005/02/03/alternative-party-waits-tahiti-chess-board |archive-date=16 December 2021}} As ADN leader she voted to topple Flosse's government,{{cite web |url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2005/02/18/flosse-government-toppled |title=FLOSSE GOVERNMENT TOPPLED |publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=18 February 2005 |access-date=16 December 2021}} but abstained on the presidential vote which followed.{{cite web |url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2005/03/04/temaru-regains-french-polynesia-presidency |title=TEMARU REGAINS FRENCH POLYNESIA PRESIDENCY |publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=4 February 2005 |access-date=16 December 2021}} In August 2006 she was forced to vacate her seat in the Assembly due to election funding irregularities.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/163838/leader-of-political-party-in-french-polynesia-forced-to-vacate-assembly-seat |title=Leader of political party in French Polynesia forced to vacate assembly seat |publisher=RNZ |date=7 August 2006 |access-date=16 December 2021}} Following her disqualification she ran for the French National Assembly,{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/168050/disqualified-french-polynesia-mp-to-run-for-french-assembly |title=Disqualified French Polynesia MP to run for French assembly |publisher=RNZ |date=22 February 2007 |access-date=16 December 2021}} but was unsuccessful.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/170342/tahoeraa-candidates-win-french-polynesia's-first-round-of-french-assembly-election |title=Tahoeraa candidates win French Polynesia's first round of French assembly election |publisher=RNZ |date=3 June 2007 |access-date=16 December 2021}} She subsequently contested the 2008 election as the leader of No Oe E Te Nunaa. The party was the only party to cross the 5% threshold in the first round of voting, but refused to form an alliance for the second round,{{cite web |url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2008/02/01/tahiti-prepares-second-round-voting-0 |title=TAHITI PREPARES FOR SECOND ROUND OF VOTING |publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=1 February 2008 |access-date=16 December 2021}} and failed to win any seats.
In 2009 she ran for a seat in the European Parliament.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/184071/european-election-campaign-to-end-for-weekend-polls |title=European election campaign to end for weekend polls |publisher=RNZ |date=5 June 2009 |access-date=16 December 2021}}
She held the position of Minister of Tourism in 2001-2002 and 2017-2021 (Ministre du Tourisme et de l’Artisanat traditionnel March-May 2001; Ministre du Tourisme, de l’Environnement et de la Condition féminine, March 2001-April 2002; Ministre du Tourisme, des Transports internationaux, chargée des Relations avec les institutions, January 2017-May 2018; Ministre du tourisme, du travail en charge des transports internationaux et des relations avec les institutions, May 2018-November 2021. She resigned in November 2021 in protest after Tearii Alpha, a minister opposing government policy on Covid vaccination, was allowed to stay in the government.{{cite news |title=Fritch names Bouissou as new VP of French Polynesia |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/455777/fritch-names-bouissou-as-new-vp-of-french-polynesia |access-date=14 December 2021 |work=RNZ |date=15 November 2021 |language=en-nz}}{{cite news |title=Nicole Bouteau démissionne de ses fonctions de ministre du tourisme |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/polynesie/tahiti/polynesie-francaise/nicole-bouteau-ministre-du-tourisme-demissionne-du-gouvernement-1148791.html |access-date=14 December 2021 |work=Polynésie la 1ère |date=7 November 2021 |language=fr-FR}}
She is also a member of the municipal council for the commune of Papeete, the capital city of French Polynesia, elected most recently in June 2020.{{cite web |title=Tableau du conseil municipal |url=http://www.polynesie-francaise.pref.gouv.fr/content/download/46854/282866/file/CONSEIL%20MUNICIPAL%20DE%20PAPEETE.pdf |publisher=Commune de Papeete |access-date=14 December 2021 |date=25 March 2021}}
In the 2022 French legislative election, she contested French Polynesia's 1st constituency but lost to Tematai Le Gayic.{{Cite web |last=Perdrix |first=Caroline |date=2022-06-10 |title=Législatives : le face-à-face Nicole Bouteau – Tematai Le Gayic - Radio1 Tahiti |url=https://www.radio1.pf/legislatives-le-face-a-face-nicole-bouteau-tematai-le-gayic/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |language=fr-FR}}
In September 2022 she joined Teva Rohfritsch and Philip Schyle in resigning from Tapura Huiraatira, citing disappointment with Edouard Fritch's government.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/475108/three-former-key-tapura-members-ponder-founding-new-party-in-tahiti |title=Three former key Tapura members ponder founding new party in Tahiti |publisher=RNZ |date=20 September 2022 |access-date=20 September 2022}} In December 2022 she and Rohfritsch founded the Ia Ora te Nuna'a party.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/480555/ex-ministers-form-new-party-in-french-polynesia |title=Ex-ministers form new party in French Polynesia |publisher=RNZ |date=12 December 2022 |access-date=23 January 2023}}
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20200814164011/https://tapurahuiraatira.org/nicole-bouteau/ Nicole Bouteau archive]}} on Tapura Huiraatira website
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Category:French Polynesian women in politics
Category:Members of the Assembly of French Polynesia
Category:Government ministers of French Polynesia
Category:Environment ministers of French Polynesia
Category:Labour ministers of French Polynesia
Category:Tourism ministers of French Polynesia
Category:Tapura Huiraatira politicians
Category:University of French Polynesia alumni
Category:Candidates for the 2022 French legislative election