Pedro Edmunds Paoa

Pedro Pablo Petero Edmunds Paoa (born 1 July 1961) is a Chilean politician.

He was previously the Governor of the Isla de Pascua Province from March 2010 to August 2010.

In response the "Rapa Nui Parliament", a group of indigenous Polynesians, occupied government buildings, demanded Paoa's resignation and wrote to the Pacific Islands Forum saying they wanted to 'secede from Chile'.

[4] Edmunds' permanent successor, Carmen Cardinali, was appointed Governor in September 2010.

Following his reelection and the election of Tiare Aguilera Hey to the Chilean Constitutional Convention, he boasted the high civic education present on Rapa Nui.