Nicole Bouteau

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.[1]

Nicole Bouteau
Bouteau in 2017
Personal details
Born1969 (age 53–54)
Political partyIa Ora te Nuna'a
Tapura Huiraatira
Alliance for a New Democracy
No Oe E Te Nunaa

Education

Bouteau has a masters degree from the University of French Polynesia.[1]

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 A Ti'a Porinetia. In April 2003 she founded the No Oe E Te Nunaa party.[2] At the 2004 election president Gaston Flosse lost his majority, and Bouteau sided with pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru.[3] 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).[4][5] As ADN leader she voted to topple Flosse's government,[6] but abstained on the presidential vote which followed.[7] In August 2006 she was forced to vacate her seat in the Assembly due to election funding irregularities.[8] Following her disqualification she ran for the French National Assembly,[9] but was unsuccessful.[10] 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,[11] and failed to win any seats.

In 2009 she ran for a seat in the European Parliament.[12]

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.[1] 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.[13][14]

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.[15]

In the 2022 French legislative election, she contested French Polynesia's 1st constituency but lost to Tematai Le Gayic.[16]

In September 2022 she joined Teva Rohfritsch and Philip Schyle in resigning from Tapura Huiraatira, citing disappointment with Edouard Fritch's government.[17] In December 2022 she and Rohfritsch founded the Ia Ora te Nuna'a party.[18]

References
  1. "Nicole Bouteau". Assemblée de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. "NEW POLITICAL PARTIES IN NEW CALEDONIA, FRENCH POLYNESIA". Pacific Islands Report. 15 April 2003. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. "HISTORIC WIN FOR OPPOSITION IN FRENCH POLYNESIA". Pacific Islands Report. 4 June 2004. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  4. "SEVEN PARTIES CROWD RACE FOR TAHITI ASSEMBLY". Pacific Islands Report. 12 January 2005. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  5. "ALTERNATIVE PARTY WAITS ON TAHITI CHESS BOARD". Pacific Islands Report. 3 February 2005. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  6. "FLOSSE GOVERNMENT TOPPLED". Pacific Islands Report. 18 February 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  7. "TEMARU REGAINS FRENCH POLYNESIA PRESIDENCY". Pacific Islands Report. 4 February 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  8. "Leader of political party in French Polynesia forced to vacate assembly seat". RNZ. 7 August 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  9. "Disqualified French Polynesia MP to run for French assembly". RNZ. 22 February 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  10. "Tahoeraa candidates win French Polynesia's first round of French assembly election". RNZ. 3 June 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  11. "TAHITI PREPARES FOR SECOND ROUND OF VOTING". Pacific Islands Report. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  12. "European election campaign to end for weekend polls". RNZ. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  13. "Fritch names Bouissou as new VP of French Polynesia". RNZ. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  14. "Nicole Bouteau démissionne de ses fonctions de ministre du tourisme". Polynésie la 1ère (in French). 7 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  15. "Tableau du conseil municipal" (PDF). Commune de Papeete. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  16. Perdrix, Caroline (2022-06-10). "Législatives : le face-à-face Nicole Bouteau – Tematai Le Gayic - Radio1 Tahiti" (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  17. "Three former key Tapura members ponder founding new party in Tahiti". RNZ. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  18. "Ex-ministers form new party in French Polynesia". RNZ. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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