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Marcel Oopa

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Marcel Pouvanaa Oopa (b. April 21, 1917, Fare, Huahine Nui island, French Oceania, d. July 14, 1961, Paris, France) was a Tahitian politician, the son of the Tahitian leader Pouvanaa a Oopa.^[1]^[2] He belonged to the political party Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People (RDPT), led by his father.^[3] Marcel Oopa was a carpenter by profession.^[3]

Marcel Oopa joined the Pacific Battalion during the Second World War, and fought in North Africa. He fought at battle of Bir Hakeim and in military campaigns in Libya and Tunisia. Marcel Oopa received the croix de guerre medal as well as the Resistance Medal, French Liberation Medal and the Libya campaign medal.^[2]

In 1950 Marcel Oopa took part in the first May Day celebrations in the history of French Polynesia, participating in military uniform.^[4] In 1959 he became a councillor in the Leeward Islands, replacing his deceased uncle.^[2]

In 1960 Marcel Oopa was elected to the French National Assembly from the French Polynesia seat in a by-election, after his imprisoned father had been deposed from his parliamentary seat. Marcel Oopa sat in the group 'Popular Republicans and Democratic Centre' (RPCD, the parliamentary faction of the Popular Republican Movement).^[3]^[5]

Marcel Oopa died in cancer at the Tenon Hospital in Paris on July 14, 1961.^[2] His father had been allowed to sit by his bed, after intense pressure from Tahitian on the French authorities.^[6] Marcel Oopa's seat in the French National Assembly was temporarily filled by John Teariki, also from the RDPT.^[1]^[7]

References

1. ^¹Denoon, Donald. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gB9mHNE17jgC The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders]. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 2004. p. 342
2. ^¹²³Journal officiel de la République française, July 16, 1961
3. ^¹Notices et portraits des députés de la Ve République > Ie législature > M. Marcel Pouvanaa Oopa
4. ^¹Le syndicalisme en Polynésie française de 1852 à nos jours
5. ^France - Assemblée Nationale et Gouvernement de la V République (depuis 1958)
6. ^Kernahan, Mel. [https://books.google.com/books?id=0p1_rvFlKNgC White Savages in the South Seas]. London: Verso, 1995. p. 200
7. ^Modifications à la composition de l'Assemblée nationale {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725215717/http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/2/modif1.asp |date=2009-07-25 }}

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