- Xavier de Fürst
Xavier de Fürst is the high administrator of the French government in the
Wallis and Futuna islands in the SouthPacific . He accepted the role and became administrator of the islands onJanuary 18 ,2005 . He will be replaced byRichard Didier .cite web|url=http://rulers.org/2006-07.html|title=July 2006|work=Rulers.org|accessdate=2008-07-30]On
May 24 ,2005 , de Fürst stopped paying King of WallisTomasi Kulimoetoke II his €5,500 payment made by France because he refused to hand over his grandson, guilty of killing a person while drunk druiving, to the police.cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article525848.ece|title=Island king's cash cut off for letting drink-drive grandson hide in palace|last=Sage|first=Adam|date=2005-05-24|work=The Times |accessdate=2008-07-30]References
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