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viewed as the
metua (father) of
French Polynesia's
independence movement.
Pouvanaa served as a
Deputy in the
National ****embly of
France from 1949 — 1958...
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terms of
culture and
political affiliation. Such
Tahitian activists as
Pouvanaa a Oopa,
Francis Sanford and
Charlie Ching and
Catholic bishops Michel-Gaspard...
- citizenship, a
right that had been
campaigned for by
nationalist leader Pouvanaʻa a Oopa for many years. Faaʻa
International Airport was
opened on Tahiti...
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party was led by
Pouvanaa a Oopa.
Pouvanaa had been
elected to the
French National ****embly in 1949.
After that victory, the '
Pouvanaa Committee' (formed...
- politician, who parti****ted in the 1962
French Polynesian legislative election Pouvanaa a Oopa (1895–1977),
Tahitian politician Tautu Oopa,
French Oceania politician...
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Temple of the
Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The
Monument to
Pouvanaʻa a Oopa (a
decorated World War I hero,
Tahitian nationalist, and deputy...
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molotov ****tails on 10–11 October. As a
result of the violence, RDPT
leader Pouvanaa a Oopa and 22
supporters were arrested. Oopa was
subsequently convicted...
- and was re-elected. At the 1971
senatorial election he was
deputy to
Pouvanaa a Oopa, and
filled Oopa's seat
following his
death in 1977. He was re-elected...
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election and
appointed Minister of
Economic Affairs in the
government of
Pouvanaa a Oopa. He
opposed a "no" (pro-independence) vote in the 1958
French Polynesian...
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contested the 1956
French legislative election against both
Bambridge and
Pouvanaa a Oopa, but came third, with only 745 votes. He
contested the 1957 election...
