Kamilo Gata

Kamilo Gata (12 December 1949 - 16 November 2004) was a Wallisian politician who represented Wallis and Futuna in the French National Assembly from 1989 to 1997.

A lawyer, he left the local Rally for the Republic to found his own party, the People's Union for Wallis and Futuna, and won the 1989 legislative election against Benjamin Brial.

Nevertheless, "disappointed by the immobility of his original party" and in opposition to the deputy Benjamin Brial, who had been in office since 1967, he stood for the National Assembly at the 1988 French legislative election.

[6] Gata won the subsequent by-election as a candidate for the Movement of Left Radicals,[5] after receiving the support of Michel Hoatau and Gaston Lutui[7] as well as the two kings of Futuna.

[4] For David Chappell, Kamilo Gata succeeded in bridging the gap between more populated and developed Wallis and more isolated Futuna.