[1] Flosse's Tahoera'a Huiraatira endorsed Léontieff's election as one of French Polynesia's two deputies in the National Assembly of France in 1986.

[1] However, Léontieff was passed over as Flosse's handpicked successor in favor of Jacques Teuira, who became French Polynesia's second president.

[1] Léontieff responded by forming a majority coalition in the Assembly of French Polynesia with others politicians opposed to Flosse and Teuira.

[1] The move forced Flosse's handpicked successor, Jacques Teuira, to resign as President of French Polynesia in December 1987.

[1] Flosse's Tahoera'a Huiraatira political party defeated Léontieff's governing coalition in the 1991 legislative elections on March 17, 1991.

[1] Flosse further resurrected Léontieff's career and reputation by appointing him the head of Caisse de Prevoyance Sociale (CPS), French Polynesia's welfare office, in 2004.

His was laid in state in the main hall of the Assembly of French Polynesia and buried on March 4, 2009, at the Uranie Cemetery in Tahiti.