Charlene Warren-Peu Explained

Charlene Warren-Peu
Order:6th
Office:Mayor of Pitcairn Islands
Governor:Laura Clarke
Iona Thomas
Term Start:1 January 2020
Term End:31 December 2022
Predecessor:Shawn Christian
Successor:Simon Young
Office1:Deputy Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands
Term Start1:1 January 2016
Term End1:31 December 2019
Predecessor1:Brenda Christian
Successor1:Kevin Young
Office2:Member of the Island Council
Term Start2:1 January 2014
Term End2:31 December 2015
Birth Date:9 June 1979
Birth Place:Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands

Charlene Evelyn Dolly Warren-Peu (born 9 June 1979)[1] is a Pitcairnese politician, who served as Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands from January 2020 to December 2022. She had previously served as Deputy Mayor from 2016 to 2019 and Member of the Island Council from 2014 to 2015.

Warren-Peu was the first woman to hold the position of mayor on a permanent basis.

Biography

Warren-Peu was born on Pitcairn to Carol and Jay Warren,[1] and is an eighth-generation descendant of the Bounty mutineers that originally settled Pitcairn. Her mother was jointly one of the first women to sit on the Island Council, while her father was Magistrate of Pitcairn in 1991 and mayor from 2005 to 2007. Warren-Peu runs the island post office, manages a homestay for visitors, and produces honey with her husband Vaine Warren-Peu, a Cook Islander. The couple have five children.

Warren-Peu was elected to the Island Council in 2013.[2] She was elected Deputy Mayor in 2015 and re-elected to the post in 2017. In the 2019 general elections, she was elected mayor.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://library.puc.edu/pitcairn/pitcairn/Pitcairners/WarrenAlice.shtml Who Are the Pitcairners?
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20140103232313/http://www.demtullpitcairn.com/2013October.pdf Election
  3. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117244576/charlene-warrenpeu-pitcairn-islands-first-female-mayor Charlene Warren-Peu, Pitcairn Island's first female mayor