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Oscar Manutahi Temaru (born November 1, 1944) is a French Polynesian politician. He has been President of French Polynesia (''président de la Polynésie française''), a French dependency with broad powers of self-rule, on five occasions: in 2004, from 2005 to 2006, from 2007 to 2008, in 2009, and from 2011 to 2013. ==Career== He first served as the President of French Polynesia (''président de la Polynésie française'') from June 15, 2004 until his Government lost a no-confidence motion on October 8, 2004. He was the caretaker President for two weeks after that, but was forced to give up the presidency until March 2005, when he was reelected after parliamentary by-elections. He is leader of the five party coalition Union For Democracy, which includes his pro-independence party Tavini Huiraatira (People's Servant Party) and other smaller parties that support autonomy for French Polynesia rather than independence. Those parties unexpectedly defeated supporters of long-time leader Gaston Flosse in the May 2004 parliamentary elections. On October 8, 2004, his government was censured and ousted by the Parliament, the Assembly of French Polynesia (''Assemblée de la Polynésie française'') by a vote of 29 to 28. There were calls for the French Government to step in and hold new elections, and allegations by the French Socialist Party that his Government was subject to acts of "methodical destabilisation" on the part of the French government. Gaston Flosse was re-elected President by the Assembly in a simple majority vote on October 22. The President of the Assembly, Antony Géros, cast doubt on the legitimacy of this election saying the vote for President (''président de la Polynésie française'') should occur on October 25 (see French Polynesia political crisis 2004). As a compromise, by-elections were set for February 13, 2005 for certain seats, which Temaru's coalition won. He was re-elected president (''président de la Polynésie française'') on March 3, 2005. Temaru lost a vote of no confidence on 13 December 2006, after months of protests against the high cost of living in French Polynesia. Temaru had lost control of parliament due to defections. Gaston Tong Sang won the presidential election on December 26.〔()〕 Temaru ran for parliament in the 2007 elections, but failed to win a seat. On September 14, 2007, Temaru was elected as President of French Polynesia for the third time in three years (with 27 of 44 votes). He replaced Tong Sang, who lost a no-confidence vote on August 31.〔(BBC NEWS, French Polynesia gets new leader )〕 On 12 February 2009, he was elected president yet again. He fell in a vote of no confidence on 25 November 2009, and was again replaced by Tong Sang. He became President again on 1 April 2011. It was under Temaru's presidency that French Polynesia became, in November 2011, a founding member of the Polynesian Leaders Group, a regional grouping intended to cooperate on a variety of issues including culture and language, education, responses to climate change, and trade and investment.〔("NZ may be invited to join proposed ‘Polynesian Triangle’ ginger group" ), Pacific Scoop, 19 September 2011〕〔("New Polynesian Leaders Group formed in Samoa" ), Radio New Zealand International, 18 November 2011〕〔("American Samoa joins Polynesian Leaders Group, MOU signed" ), ''Savali'', 19 November 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oscar Temaru」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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