Félix Tokoragi is a French Polynesian politician and Member of the Assembly of French Polynesia. He has served as Mayor of Makemo since 2014.

Félix Tokoragi
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly
for Tuamotu Est et Gambiers
Assumed office
17 May 2018
Personal details
Political partyTapura Huiraatira
A here ia Porinetia
Independent

He was elected to the Mekemo town council in 2014[1] and subsequently elected mayor.

In December 2017 Tokoragi handcuffed a man who had attacked him to an entrance post outside the town hall while waiting for police.[2] In November 2021 he was fined XPF 100,000 for violence by a person holding public authority for the offence.[3][4][5]

He was re-elected as Mayor in May 2020.[6]

He was first elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia in the 2018 French Polynesian legislative election as a Tapura Huiraatira representative. He later split from Tapura Huiraatira and allied with Nuihau Laurey and Nicole Sanquer to form A here ia Porinetia.[7][8][9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Résultats des élections municipales et communautaires 2014" (in French). Ministry of the Interior. 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Makemo : menotté à un poteau pour avoir "agressé" le maire" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Felix Tokoragi et l'homme qui l'avait agressé à la hache, condamnés pour violences réciproques" (in French). TNTV News. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Affaire des menottes : Felix Tokoragi à l'amende" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Félix Tokoragi et le forcené de Makemo tous les deux condamnés" (in French). actu.fr. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Félix Tokoragi confirmé dans ses fonctions de maire à Makemo" (in French). TNTV News. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Un quatrième groupe à l'assemblée" (in French). DomTom News. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  8. ^ "A here ia Porinetia : un parti en janvier" (in French). actu.fr. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Le A here ia Porinetia entre en campagne" (in French). France Info. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.