Valentina Hina Cross (born 1964) is a French Polynesian politician and Member of the Assembly of French Polynesia. From 2008 to 2014 she served as mayor of Teva I Uta. She is a member of Tavini Huiraatira. She is the daughter of former Assembly president Milou Ebb.[2]
Valentina Cross | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Teva I Uta | |
| In office 2008 – 31 March 2014 | |
| Succeeded by | Tearii Alpha |
| Member of the French Polynesian Assembly for Windward Isles 2 | |
| Assumed office 29 January 2008 | |
| In office 6 May 2001 – 22 May 2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964[1] |
| Political party | Union For Democracy Tavini Huiraatira |
She was elected mayor of Teva I Uta in 2008.[1] She lost the mayoralty in the 2014 municipal elections.[3]
Cross first served in the Assembly of French Polynesia from 2001 to 2004.[1] She was re-elected at the 2008 French Polynesian legislative election,[1] and again on the Union For Democracy (UPLD) list at the 2013 election.[4] In May 2016 she was charged with defamation by then-Vice president Nuihau Laurey over comments made during a debate about electricity supply.[5] In October 2017 she was convicted and fined US$1000 and ordered to pay damages of US$1000 for alleging that Laurey showed favourtism towards power company EDT.[6][7] The verdict was overturned on appeal in August 2020.[8]
She was the Tavini candidate for French Polynesia's 2nd constituency in the 2017 French legislative election,[9] but lost to Nicole Sanquer. In January 2018 she spoke out against a proposal from the French Polynesian government for The Seasteading Institute to establish an autonomous floating city in the Atimaono lagoon off Tahiti.[10] Tourism Minister Jean-Christophe Bouissou denied that there had been any agreement.[11] The government later admitted that it had signed an agreement, but that it had no legal effect and had expired.[12]
Cross was re-elected as a Tavini candidate in the 2018 election.[13]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Valentina CROSS". Assemblée de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Teva i Uta : émotion et joie pour l'inauguration du collège "Tinomana Ebb"" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Pas de vague orange en Polynésie où de nombreux maires sortants sont réélus" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "La composition de la nouvelle Assemblée de Polynésie" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 5 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013.
- ^ "Polémique EDT : Nuihau Laurey attaque Valentina Cross pour diffamation". Tahiti Infos. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Tahiti politician fined for defamation". RNZ. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Correctionnel : Valentina Cross condamné pour « diffamation »" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Tina Cross définitivement relaxée face à Nuihau Laurey" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Tuheiava/Cross/Brotherson représenteront le Tavini Huiraatira aux Législatives" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Tahiti voice against floating island project". RNZ. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Iles flottantes : "il n'y a aucun accord de passé sur aucun projet", assure Bouissou" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "French Polynesia sinks floating island project". RNZ. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Territoriales 2018 : Le nouveau visage de l'Assemblée" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2022.