(1949-08-07) August 7, 1949 (age 74) Bora Bora, French Polynesia, France
Political party
Tahoera'a Huiraatira (Popular Rally) (to 2007) O Porinetia To Tatou Ai'a (Polynesia, Our Home) (2007-2013)
Spouse
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Politics of French Polynesia
President of France
Emmanuel Macron
High Commissioner of the Republic
Éric Spitz
President of French Polynesia
Moetai Brotherson
Council of Ministers
Assembly of French Polynesia
President: Antony Géros
Political parties
Elections
Parliamentary: 2013, 2018, 2023
Referendums: 1940, 1958
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Gaston Tong Sang[1] (born August 7, 1949 in Bora Bora) is a French Polynesian politician and is the former President of French Polynesia.[2] He served terms as President of French Polynesia from November 2009 until April 2011, from April 2008 until February 2009 and from December 2006 until September 2007; he is currently the Mayor of Bora-Bora. He is of Chinese descent,[3][4] and is a founding member of French Polynesia's pro-French Tahoera'a Huiraatira political party.[5]
^"Tong Sang" is the family name, "Gaston" is the given name.
^"Civil society to be included in new French Polynesia government". RNZ. Wellington, New Zealand. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^"Gaston Tong Sang, le président zen de la Polynésie" (in French). Le Monde. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^Temaru To Seek Re-election In Tahiti Stalemate Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
^"FRENCH POLYNESIA PRESIDENT OUSTED AFTER 8 MONTHS". Pacific Islands Report. 3 September 2007. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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Polynesia. Temaru had lost control of parliament due to defections. GastonTongSang won the presidential election on December 26. Temaru ran for parliament...
served as vice-president and Minister of Health in the government of GastonTongSang. Ienfa previously worked as head doctor of the child protection services...
of Bora Bora and the Tupai Atoll. The mayor of Bora Bora has been GastonTongSang since 9 July 1989. Bora Bora is politically part of French Polynesia...
Minister of Lands. On 2 March 2011 he was appointed as Vice President by GastonTongSang, replacing Édouard Fritch. He ran for the French National Assembly...
of French Polynesia again on 23 February 2008. He was replaced by GastonTongSang after losing a vote of confidence on 15 April 2008, however. Flosse...
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(2005–2006) Gaston TongSang, President (2006–2007) Oscar Temaru, President (2007–2008) Gaston Flosse, President (2008) GastonTongSang, President (2008–2009)...
44 votes cast in the Tahiti assembly). He replaced former President GastonTongSang, who lost a no-confidence vote in the 31 August parliament. In the...
arts. He was appointed to his post in the government by President GastonTongSang in November 2009. Teriipaia is affiliated with the To Tatou Ai’a ("Our...
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of no confidence planned for 12 February 2009 caused the incumbent GastonTongSang to step down on 7 February 2009. This presidential election was the...
re-elected as President of French Polynesia, while former President GastonTongSang was elected President of the Assembly. French Polynesia has been affected...
for Development, Stability and Peace). The party initially supported GastonTongSang, but later changed allegiance, overthrowing the Flosse government in...
Minister of Lands in the 2004 cabinet of president Gaston Flosse, and later under GastonTongSang. In January 2017 he was appointed to the cabinet of...
also head of state. Adolphe Thiers (1873) Gaston Flosse (2005, 2008) Oscar Temaru (2006, 2009) GastonTongSang (2007, 2011) David A. Granger (2018) Teburoro...
Polynesian President GastonTongSang was heavily criticized by Gaston Flosse, former president and the founder of TongSang's party, Tahoeraa Huiraatira...
meant that GastonTongSang lost his majority. In 2011 hers was the casting vote in the no confidence motion that ended the presidency of TongSang. In 2014...
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2007 she was appointed Minister of Finance by GastonTongSang. She was reappointed as a Minister by TongSang in 2008. In October 2009 she was accused of...
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