Steve Chailloux Explained

Steve Chailloux is a French Polynesian politician and member of the French National Assembly. He is a member of Tavini Huiraatira, and sits with the New Ecologic and Social People's Union in the National Assembly.

Chailloux was born in Papeete and grew up in Faaa and Papeari.^[1] He studied at the University of French Polynesia before moving to the Sorbonne and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, graduating in 2009.^[1] He then moved to the University of Hawaiʻi, where he taught Reo Tahiti for ten years.^[1] After returning to Tahiti in 2017, he taught Reo Tahiti to local students.^[2]

Having previously supported autonomist parties, he joined Tavini Huiraatira in 2013.^[1] He worked as a parliamentary attache to National Assembly member Moetai Brotherson.^[2] In the 2020 French Polynesian municipal elections he was elected a town Councillor in Teva I Uta.^[3]

He was elected to the French National Assembly in the 2022 French legislative election, defeating Tapura Huiraatira's Tepuaraurii Teriitahi.^{[4] [5]}

He was elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia in the 2023 election.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Législatives 2022 - Steve Chailloux : "Un peuple et ses langues" . Tahiti Infos . 31 May 2022 . fr . 20 June 2022.
2. Web site: Législatives : Steve Chailloux, un professeur de tahitien à l'Assemblée nationale . TNTV News . 18 June 2022 . fr . 20 June 2022.
3. Web site: Législatives : "Il est temps de passer à l'alternance du pouvoir" estime Steve Chailloux . TNTV News . 13 June 2022 . fr . 20 June 2022.
4. Web site: Pro-independence candidates in Tahiti win seats in French National Assembly . . 20 June 2022 . 20 June 2022.
5. Web site: Législatives : Steve Chailloux élu député de la deuxième circonscription . Radio1 . 18 June 2022 . fr . 20 June 2022.
6. Web site: La nouvelle composition de l'assemblée . Tahiti Infos . fr . 1 May 2023 . 1 May 2023.