Frantz Vanizette
Frantz Vanizette | |
|---|---|
| President of the Assembly of French Polynesia | |
| In office 29 May 1981 – 1 June 1982 | |
| Preceded by | John Teariki |
| Succeeded by | Émile Vernaudon |
| In office 29 May 1979 – 30 May 1980 | |
| Preceded by | John Teariki |
| Succeeded by | John Teariki |
| In office 7 June 1977 – 28 April 1978 | |
| Preceded by | Gaston Flosse |
| Succeeded by | John Teariki |
| In office 5 June 1974 – 10 June 1976 | |
| Preceded by | Gaston Flosse |
| Succeeded by | Gaston Flosse |
| In office 2 March 1961 – 6 November 1962 | |
| Preceded by | Jacques Tauraa |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Tauraa |
| Member of the French Polynesian Assembly for Windward Isles | |
| In office 3 November 1957 – 31 May 1982 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 February 1927[1] Montendre, Charente-Maritime, France[1] |
| Died | 5 November 2001 (aged 74)[2] Pirae, French Polynesia[1] |
| Political party | Independent Tahitian Democratic Union Te Au Tahoeraa–Tomite Taufa |
Frantz Vanizette (25 February 1927 — 5 November 2001) was a French Polynesian politician who served five times as president of the Assembly of French Polynesia.
Vanizette was born in Montendre in the Charente-Maritime department of France.[1] After serving in the French Navy he moved to Tahiti where he worked as a secretary at the Chamber of Agriculture and married a sister of politician Jean-Baptiste Céran-Jérusalémy.[2] In 1952 he became general secretary of the Polynesian Federation of Trade unions (CFTC) and became head of the social insurance fund (CPF).[2]
He was first elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia as an independent in the 1957 French Polynesian legislative election. He opposed the government of Pouvanaa a Oopa, and advocated for its removal following the French riots against it.[2] He subsequently joined the Tahitian Democratic Union,[2] and was re-elected on its ticket in the 1962 elections. He was re-elected as an independent at the 1967 election.[3] In the leadup to the 1972 election he was a founder of the Te Au Tahoeraa–Tomite Taufa, which promoted limited autonomy within France.[4] He was re-elected.[5]
In June 1975 he was re-elected as President of the Assembly after forming a new majority with the backing of pro-autonomy parties.[6] In November 1975 the majority shifted again to favour the anti-autonomy Gaullist faction headed by Gaston Flosse.[7] When Flosse was in Paris, he called a meeting of the Assembly in the middle of the night to reject the government's proposal for increased integration with France and to call for new elections.[7] When the French government refused, pro-autonomy MPs and their supporters occupied the Assembly building, while Flosse's supporters formed their own Assembly and elected him president.[8][9]
At the 1977 election Vanizette ran as part of the pro-autonomy United Front, which won a majority.[10] He was elected president of the Assembly[11] and re-elected twice more in the next five years, alternating with John Teariki. In 1981 he formed the Social Democratic Party with Maco Tevane, with which he contested the 1982 election.[2] After failing to be re-elected[12] he retired from political life.[2]
He died at Jean-Prince Hospital in Pirae in November 2001.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Frantz Vanizette, ancien président de l'Assemblée territoriale de Polynésie" (in French). Le Monde. 9 November 2001. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Frantz VANIZETTE" (in French). Assemblée de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "STRONG VOTE FOR AUTONOMY IN FRENCH POLYNESIA". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 38, no. 10. 1 October 1967. p. 25. Retrieved 2 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "New move on autonomy for Fr. Polynesia". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 42, no. 8. 1 August 1971. p. 14. Retrieved 2 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Autonomists set back on their heels at French-Polynesian polls". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 43, no. 10. 1 October 1972. p. 13. Retrieved 2 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TAHITIANS WANT THEIR VOICE HEARD". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 46, no. 7. 1 July 1975. p. 5. Retrieved 2 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "French Polynesia's Year of Decision". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 47, no. 1. 1 January 1976. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 2 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TAHITI'S DOUBLE CHECKMATE". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 47, no. 8. 1 August 1976. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 2 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Poll out-manoeuvres protestors". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 14 June 1976. p. 6. Retrieved 2 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Sanford wins in Tahiti". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 48, no. 8. 1 August 1977. p. 17. Retrieved 2 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "LA NOUVELLE ASSEMBLEE A TAHITI". Le Courrier Australien. 1 July 1977. p. 3. Retrieved 2 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Wrecks, safe returns in May 23 poll". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 53, no. 7. 1 July 1982. p. 22. Retrieved 2 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.