Joëlle Frébault is a French Polynesian politician. She is a Member of the Assembly of French Polynesia and the first woman elected mayor of the Marquesas Islands.

Joëlle Frébault
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly
for Marquesas Islands
Assumed office
17 May 2018
Personal details
Political partyTapura Huiraatira
ChildrenMoerani Frébault

Biography

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Frébault was the elected representative of the Marquesas Islands to the French Polynesia Assembly.[1] In March 2020 she was elected mayor of the Marquesas Islands, becoming the first woman to hold the position.[2][3]

In January 2022 she was awarded the Ordre national du Mérite.[4]

She was re-elected to the Assembly in the 2023 election.[5]

She is the mother of Moerani Frébault, who was elected member of the National Assembly in the 2024 election.[6]

References

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  1. ^ rédaction, La (2019-07-19). "Nicole Belloubet aux Marquises". Radio1 Tahiti (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  2. ^ LBV, Tahia. "Joelle Frebault, première femme maire aux Marquises". TAHITI INFOS, les informations de Tahiti (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  3. ^ "Élues mais pas installées". Polynésie la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  4. ^ "Joëlle Frébault décorée de la médaille de l'Ordre national du mérite" (in French). Radio1. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  5. ^ "La nouvelle composition de l'assemblée" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Législatives 2024 : qui est Moerani Frébault, le premier député élu dimanche, en Polynésie ?". Le Monde. June 30, 2024.