Moetai Brotherson

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Moetai Brotherson
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Member of the Assembly of French Polynesia for the Windward Islands
Assumed office
17 May 2018
Member of the National Assembly
for French Polynesia's 3rd constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byJean-Paul Tuaiva
Personal details
Born
Moetai Charles Brotherson

(1969-10-22) 22 October 1969 (age 53)
Papeete, French Polynesia
NationalityFrench
Political partyTavini Huiraatira
Alma materÉcole internationale des sciences du traitement de l'information
OccupationComputer engineer

Moetai Charles Brotherson (born 22 October 1969) is a French politician who has represented the 3rd constituency of French Polynesia in the National Assembly since 2017.[1] A member of Tavini Huiraatira, he has also served as member of the Assembly of French Polynesia since 2018. Brotherson has been deputy leader of Tavini Huiraatira since 2017 under the leadership of Oscar Temaru.

Early life

A native of Papeete, Brotherson grew up in Punaauia, Tahiti.[2] He has biological and adoptive Tahitian parents. His biological parents lived in Huahine.[3] Brotherson graduated from the École internationale des sciences du traitement de l'information in 1990 with a master's degree in computer science.[4] He then worked in France, Japan, Germany and the United States before returning to Tahiti after the September 11 attacks.[2] He had an appointment in the Twin Towers on the day of the attacks.[3]

In 2007 he published a novel, Le roi absent ("The Absent King").[5] In 2010 he participated in the O Tahiti Nui Freedom expedition, which sailed a single-hulled Polynesian outrigger canoe from Tahiti to Shanghai.[6]

Political career

After returning to Tahiti Brotherson worked as an advisor in the office of Émile Vernaudon. He was head of the Post and Telecommunications department from 2005 to 2008, and then chief of staff to Vice President of French Polynesia Antony Géros from 2011 to 2013.[2] He later worked as opposition spokesperson.[7]

He was elected as a municipal councillor of Faaa in the 2008 elections.[8] In 2014 he became deputy mayor.[2] He was elected to the French National Assembly in the 2017 French legislative election, becoming the first Tavini Huiraatira politician to serve in that role.[9] As a parliamentarian, he became a member of the Democratic and Republican Left group.[10] As an MP he unsuccessfully promoted a bill seeking lifetime disqualification from office for corrupt politicians[11][12] and advocated for French Polynesian independence.[13] He also called on the French government to clean up its nuclear weapons test site at Moruroa[14] and to compensate test victims.[15]

He was subsequently elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia for the Windward Islands in the 2018 French Polynesian legislative election.[16]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly in the 2022 French legislative election.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Moetai Brotherson, La Voix du Tavini au Palais Bourbon". La Dépêche de Tahiti. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Législatives 2022 – Moetai Brotherson : "Indépendantiste depuis que j'ai 11 ans"" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Moetai Brotherson : "C’est la faute de l’école si je suis devenu indépendantiste" (in French), la1ere.francetvinfo.fr, 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Extrait de la fiche de M. Moetai BROTHERSON" (in French). Les Biographies. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Moetai Brotherson ressort son Roi absent" (in French). La Depeche de Tahiti. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  6. ^ "La Pirogue "O tahiti Nui Freedom" est partie pour Shanghai" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  7. ^ "French Polynesians stunned at airline chief's appointment". RNZ. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Qui est mon député ? Notre moteur de recherche pour mieux connaître votre représentant à l'Assemblée nationale" (in French). Le Monde. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Tahiti MP keen on joining new overseas French group". RNZ. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Tahiti's Brotherson to sit with French Communists". RNZ. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  11. ^ "French bill seeks to ban corrupt politicians". RNZ. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  12. ^ "French Polynesia misappropriation bill hits a wall". RNZ. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Paris 'schizophrenic' over its Pacific colonies, says Tahiti's Brotherson". RNZ. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Renewed call on France to clean up Moruroa". RNZ. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  15. ^ "French Polynesia's Opposition backs compensation claim". RNZ. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Vidéo – Assemblée de Polynésie française : qui entre et qui sort ?" (in French). TNTV News. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Pro-independence candidates in Tahiti win seats in French National Assembly". RNZ. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

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