Cathy Puchon

Cathy Puchon
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly
for Windward Isles 3
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 April 2023
Personal details
Born1957 (age 66–67)[1]
Vanuatu
Political partyTāpura Huiraʻatira

Catherine Puchon (born 1957) is a French Polynesian dancer, politician and Member of the Assembly of French Polynesia. She is a member of Tāpura Huiraʻatira.

Puchon was born in Vanuatu and is of Wallisean descent.[2] She started dancing at the age of 17 with the Temaeva troupe under Coco Hotahota.[2] She worked as a secretary,[2] and in 2014 she was elected as a municipal councillor in Punaauia.[3] In 2020 she took over as leader of 'Temaeva after Coco Hotahota's death.[2]

She was first elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia as a Tāpura candidate in the 2023 French Polynesian legislative election.[4]

  1. ^ "Catherine PUCHON". Assemblée de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Cathy Puchon, une vie de danse avec Temaeva" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Qui sont nos 57 nouveaux élus" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  4. ^ "La nouvelle composition de l'assemblée" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.