Antony Géros Explained

Antony Géros
Office:President of the Assembly of French Polynesia
Term Start:11 May 2023
Predecessor:Gaston Tong Sang
Term Start2:14 April 2005
Term End2:13 April 2006
Predecessor2:Hirohiti Tefaarere
Successor2:Philip Schyle
Term Start3:3 June 2004
Term End3:16 November 2004
Predecessor3:Lucette Taero
Successor3:Hirohiti Tefaarere
Office4:Mayor of Paea
Term Start4:3 July 2020
Predecessor4:Jacquie Graffe
Successor4:Hirohiti Tefaarere
Office5:Vice-President of French Polynesia
President5:Oscar Temaru
Term Start5:1 April 2011
Term End5:17 May 2013
Predecessor5:Tearii Alpha
Successor5:Nuihau Laurey
Term Start6:16 February 2009
Term End6:24 November 2009
President6:Oscar Temaru
Predecessor6:Jules Ienfa
Successor6:Édouard Fritch
Term Start7:13 September 2007
Term End7:23 February 2008
President7:Oscar Temaru
Predecessor7:Temauri Foster
Successor7:Édouard Fritch
Constituency Am10:Windward Isles 2
Assembly10:French Polynesian
Term Start10:12 November 1999
Birth Date:22 July 1956[1]
Birth Place:Papeete, French Polynesia
Party:Union for Democracy
Tavini Huiraatira

Antony Daniel Teva Géros (born 22 July 1956) is a French Polynesian politician and current President of the Assembly of French Polynesia. He has previously served as a Cabinet Minister, and three times as vice-president of French Polynesia. Since 2020 he has served as Mayor of Paea. He is a member of pro-independence party Tavini Huiraatira.

Early life

Géros was born in Papeete and worked as secretary of the town of Faaa before entering politics.[1] He joined the pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party in 1986, and has served on the municipal council of Paea since 1995.[2] He first entered the Assembly of French Polynesia in November 1999 as a replacement for Alexandre Léontieff, who had been convicted of corruption.[1] He was re-elected at the 2001 election.[1]

President of the Assembly of French Polynesia

Géros was elected as President of the Assembly following the 2004 French Polynesian legislative election, winning by a single vote over Emile Vernaudun.[3] Following his election he controversially installed a crucifix in the Assembly, resulting in the Greens leaving the Union for Democracy coalition.[4] The crucifix was removed by President Oscar Temaru in September 2004.[5] he was replaced by his deputy Hirohiti Tefaarere after the French Council of State annulled the 2004 election in November 2004.[6] [7] He was re-elected to the Assembly in the resulting by-elections, and re-elected as President of the Assembly in the second round of voting.[8] He was replaced by Philip Schyle at the end of his one-year term in 2006, losing by a single vote.[9]

Cabinet Minister

Following Oscar Temaru's re-election as President of French Polynesia in September 2007 Géros joined his cabinet as Vice-President and Minister of Finance.[10] In December 2007 his budget failed to pass the Assembly.[11] He ran again for Assembly President following the 2008 French Polynesian legislative election, but lost to Édouard Fritch.[12] Two days later a power-sharing agreement with Tahoeraa Huiraatira saw Gaston Flosse re-elected as President,[13] with Géros joining his cabinet as Lands Minister.[14] He resigned as a Minister in April 2008 after Flosse lost a confidence vote in the Assembly, returning to the Assembly in July 2008.[15] He served as vice-President in Temaru's fourth government from February to November 2009, and again in Temaru's fifth government from April 2011 to May 2013.[16] [17] [18] In September 2012 he replaced Pierre Frébault as Minister of Finance in a cabinet reshuffle.[19]

He was re-elected to the Assembly at the 2013 election, and was the Union For Democracy's candidate for President.[20] Following the unseating of Édouard Fritch for corruption in September 2014 he again stood unsuccessfully for Assembly President, losing to Marcel Tuihani.[21]

He was re-elected again at the 2018 election.[22] Following the unseating of Oscar Temaru for breaching election campaign rules, he became leader of the Tavini Huiraatira in the Assembly.[23] He later criticised the French courts for being manipulated by the government and punishing Temaru for seeking justice for French Polynesia before the International Criminal Court.[24]

In June 2020 he was elected mayor of Paea.[25] [26] In November 2020 he was elected President of the Superior Council of Municipal Civil Service.[27]

He was re-elected to the Assembly in the 2023 election.[28] On 11 May 2023 he was elected President of the Assembly for the third time, with 41 votes in favour and 16 abstentions.[29]

Political views

Géros supported the restoration of French Polynesia to the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories, and supports French Polynesian independence as a way of recognising the rights of the Maohi people.[30] he has repeatedly criticised France's refusal to engage with the United nations decolonization process.[31]

In 2010 he described French nuclear weapons testing at Moruroa as a crime against the people of Polynesia.[32]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Antony GEROS . Assemblée de la Polynésie française . fr . 22 September 2022.
  2. Web site: Tony Géros à Paea, la 5e fois sera-t-elle la bonne ? . Radio 1 . fr . 10 March 2020 . 22 September 2022.
  3. Web site: French Polynesia Assembly elects its new President . RNZ . 4 June 2004 . 22 September 2022.
  4. Web site: Green party in French Polynesia denounces new government's policies . RNZ . 23 August 2004 . 22 September 2022.
  5. Web site: French Polynesian President takes down crucifix from Assembly . RNZ . 20 September 2004 . 22 September 2022.
  6. Web site: Décision N°268543 . Conseil d'État . 15 November 2004 . fr . 22 September 2022.
  7. Web site: Ex-speaker in French Polynesia questions Paris crisis meeting . RNZ . 18 November 2004 . 22 September 2022.
  8. Web site: French Polynesian assembly elects Geros as speaker . RNZ . 15 April 2005 . 22 September 2022.
  9. Web site: French Polynesian Assembly elects new Assembly President . RNZ . 14 April 2006 . 22 September 2022.
  10. Web site: French Polynesia's Temaru presents new government . RNZ . 20 September 2007 . 22 September 2022.
  11. Web site: French Polynesian assembly fails to pass 2008 budget . RNZ . 19 December 2007 . 22 September 2022.
  12. Web site: Edouard Fritch re-elected as French Polynesia assembly president . RNZ . 22 February 2008. 22 September 2022.
  13. Web site: Flosse wins French Polynesian presidency . RNZ . 24 February 2008 . 22 September 2022.
  14. Web site: President Flosse announces French Polynesian coalition government line-up . RNZ . 29 February 2008 . 22 September 2022.
  15. Web site: Eight French Polynesian assembly members replaced . RNZ . 2 July 2008 . 22 September 2022.
  16. Web site: Temaru presents new French Polynesia government . RNZ . 6 April 2011 . 22 September 2022.
  17. Web site: Delayed French Polynesia assembly sitting . RNZ . 13 April 2011 . 22 September 2022.
  18. Web site: Oscar Temaru a présenté la composition de son gouvernement . Tahiti Infos . fr . 5 April 2011 . 16 October 2022.
  19. Web site: Frébault débarqué des Finances au profit de Géros . Tahiti Infos . fr . 5 September 2012 . 4 December 2022.
  20. Web site: Flosse elected as French Polynesia president for fifth time . RNZ . 18 May 2013 . 22 September 2022.
  21. Web site: Tuihani new French assembly president . RNZ . 16 September 2014 . 22 September 2022.
  22. Web site: Territoriales 2018 : Le nouveau visage de l'Assemblée . Tahiti Infos . fr . 6 May 2018 . 22 September 2022.
  23. Web site: "Oscar Temaru va continuer à faire entendre sa voix" . Tahiti Infos . fr . 29 October 2018 . 22 September 2022.
  24. Web site: France still coming under fire for removing Temaru from Assembly . RNZ . 30 October 2018 . 22 September 2022.
  25. Web site: French Polynesia completes second round of municipal elections . RNZ . 30 June 2020 . 22 September 2022.
  26. Web site: Antony Géros décroche Paea . Tahiti Infos . fr . 28 June 2020 . 22 September 2022.
  27. Web site: Antony Géros nouveau président du Conseil supérieur de la FPC . Tahiti Infos . fr . 16 November 2020 . 22 September 2022.
  28. Web site: La nouvelle composition de l'assemblée . Tahiti Infos . fr . 1 May 2023 . 1 May 2023.
  29. Web site: Tony Géros élu président de l’assemblée de la Polynésie française . Radio1 . fr . 11 May 2023 . 12 May 2023.
  30. Web site: Paris asked to hold French Polynesia independence referendum . RNZ . 31 May 2013 . 22 September 2022.
  31. Web site: French Polynesia's pro-independence unhappy with France at UN . RNZ . 16 October 2017 . 22 September 2022.
  32. Web site: Suggestion to declare French Polynesia independent in order to challenge compensation law . RNZ . 8 March 2010 . 22 September 2022.

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