Charlene Warren-Peu
Her Excellency Charlene Warren-Peu | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2020 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor | Laura Clarke |
| Preceded by | Shawn Christian |
| Deputy Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands | |
| In office 1 January 2014 – 31 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Brenda Christian |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Young |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 June 1979 Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands |
Charlene Evelyn Dolly Warren-Peu (born 9 June 1979)[1] is a Pitcairnese politician, who serves as Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands since 2020. She is the first woman to hold the position on a permanent basis. She previously served as Deputy Mayor and was on the Island Council.
Biography[]
Warren-Peu was born on Pitcairn to Carol and Jay Warren,[1] and is an eighth-generation descendant of the Bounty Mutineers that originally settled Pitcairn.[2] Her mother was jointly one of the first women to sit on the Island Council, while her father was Magistrate of Pitcairn from 1991 to 1991 and mayor from 2005 to 2007. Warren-Peu runs the island post office, manages a homestay for visitors and produces honey with her husband Vaine Warren-Peu, a Cook Islander. The couple have five children.[2]
She was elected to the Island Council in 2013.[3] She was elected Deputy Mayor in and re-elected to the post in . In the 2019 general elections, she was elected mayor in a landslide win.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Who Are the Pitcairners? Pitcairn Island Study Center
- ^ a b c Charlene Warren-Peu, Pitcairn Island's first female mayor Stuff, 7 November 2019
- ^ Election Dem Tull, October 2013
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