Simplicio Lissant
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]
References[edit]
- ^ "Simplicio LISSANT". Assemblée de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "Qui sont nos 57 nouveaux élus" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ a b c "Simplicio Lissant, nouveau maire de Punaauia" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "La liste des 73 candidats A Tia Porinetia aux Territoriales 2013" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "Temaru et Lissant retrouvent leurs fauteuils" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 24 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "La nouvelle composition de l'assemblée" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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