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Oscar Temaru, born in 1944 in Faaa, studied in the secondary Catholic school in New Caledonia, where he met Jean-Marie Tjibaou, later a Kanak independentist leader. Temaru founded on 20 April 1977 the independentist Front de Libération de Polynésie, renamed in 1983 Tavini Huiraatira (Serving people).
On 13 March 1983, Temaru was elected Mayor of Faaa and ordered to remove the French national flag and the statue of Marianne from the city hall. In 1987, Temaru was appointed President for life of the party, a clause which was suppressed in 1990.
In 1995, the resumption of the nuclear trials in Polynesia decided by President Jacques Chirac triggered the Tavini Huiraatira; the capital city of Polynesia, Papeete, was trashed by riots on 6 September 1995. In the 1996 elections, the Tavini Huiraatira increased its votes by 13%.
Temaru then softened his independentist program, speaking of "emancipation accompanied by France" and suppressing the self-management and Socialist chapters of his program. For the 2004 elections, Temaru led a coalition of small autonomist parties and set up a "partnership agreement" with the Socialist Party. The motto of the campaign was Taui (Changing). Temaru's coalition won the election and he was elected President of French Polynesia on 30 June.
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