Félix Tokoragi Explained

Félix Tokoragi
Constituency Am10:	Tuamotu Est et Gambiers
Assembly10:	French Polynesian
Term Start10:	17 May 2018
Party:	Tapura Huiraatira A here ia Porinetia Independent

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

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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Résultats des élections municipales et communautaires 2014 . Ministry of the Interior . 2014 . fr . 29 January 2022.
2. Web site: Makemo : menotté à un poteau pour avoir "agressé" le maire . Tahiti Infos . 4 December 2017 . fr . 29 January 2022.
3. Web site: Felix Tokoragi et l’homme qui l’avait agressé à la hache, condamnés pour violences réciproques . TNTV News . fr . 25 November 2021 . 29 January 2022.
4. Web site: Affaire des menottes : Felix Tokoragi à l'amende . Tahiti Infos . fr . 25 November 2021 . 29 January 2022.
5. Web site: Félix Tokoragi et le forcené de Makemo tous les deux condamnés . actu.fr . fr . 26 November 2021 . 29 January 2022.
6. Web site: Félix Tokoragi confirmé dans ses fonctions de maire à Makemo . TNTV News . 25 May 2020 . 29 January 2022 . fr.
7. Web site: Un quatrième groupe à l’assemblée . DomTom News . fr . 20 August 2020 . 30 January 2022.
8. Web site: A here ia Porinetia : un parti en janvier . actu.fr . fr . 25 October 2021 . 29 January 2022 . 2 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220502205727/https://actu.fr/politique/a-here-ia-porinetia-un-parti-en-janvier_45960671.html . dead .
9. Web site: Le A here ia Porinetia entre en campagne . France Info . fr . 22 October 2021 . 29 January 2022.