Gaston Tong Sang
| Gaston Tong Sang | |
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| President of French Polynesia | |
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In office 25 November 2009 – 1 April 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Oscar Temaru |
| Succeeded by | Oscar Temaru |
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In office April 15, 2008 – 12 February 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Gaston Flosse |
| Succeeded by | Oscar Temaru |
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In office December 26, 2006 – August 31, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Oscar Temaru |
| Succeeded by | Oscar Temaru |
| Personal details | |
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August 7, 1949 Bora Bora, French Polynesia |
| Political party |
Tahoera'a Huiraatira (Popular Rally) (to 2007) O Porinetia To Tatou Ai'a (Polynesia, Our Home) (2007-Present) |
| Spouse(s) | ? |
Gaston Tong Sang (born August 7, 1949 in Bora Bora) is the former President of French Polynesia. He served terms as President of French Polynesia from November 2009 until April 2011, from April 2008 until February 2009 and from December 2006 until September 2007.; he is currently the Mayor of Bora-Bora. He is of Chinese descent, and is a founding member of French Polynesia's pro-French Tahoera'a Huiraatira political party.
Tong Sang was born in Bora Bora. His mother was Aren Siou Moun, 81, known as Mama Are, who died on July 21, 2007.
Tong Sang was the Tahoera'a Huiraatira party's presidential candidate in the election of March 2005, but was defeated by Oscar Temaru by 29 votes to 26. On 26 December 2006, Tong Sang was elected President of French Polynesia by 31 votes to 26.
On January 18, 2007 Tong Sang's new government survived a motion of no confidence brought by the party of former French Polynesian president, Oscar Temaru. Only 26 MPs showed up for the vote, which needed three additional MPs in order to pass.
Gaston Tong Sang was heavily criticized by former French Polynesian President Gaston Flosse in July 2007. Flosse, a powerful pro-France politician and founder of the Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party, of which Tong Sang is a member, accused Tong Sang of caving in too easily to the demands of some of French Polynesia's minor coalition parties and ignoring the needs of Tahoeraa Huiraatira.
Critics of Flosse charged that the allegations against Tong Sang were a move by Flosse to regain the presidency. Flosse's critics bolstered their charges against Flosse when it was revealed that Flosse had held "secret talks" with Oscar Temaru, a leading pro-independence politician who has been Flosse's long time political opponent in the past. According to reports, the talks were aimed at ousting Tong Sang from office and setting up a unity platform between Flosse and Temaru's respective political parties.
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