Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu | |
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Minister of Culture and the Environment | |
In office 25 March 2015 –15 May 2023 | |
President | Édouard Fritch |
Preceded by | Nicole Sanquer |
Succeeded by | Moetai Brotherson |
Minister of Youth and Sport | |
In office 17 September 2020 –21 February 2022 | |
Preceded by | Christelle Lehartel |
Succeeded by | Naea Bennett |
Personal details | |
Political party | Tapura Huiraatira |
Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu is a French Polynesian civil servant,politician,and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of Tapura Huiraatira. He is the son of politician Maco Tevane [1] and the brother of TNTV director Mateata Maamaatuaiahutapu. [2]
Maamaatuaiahutapu was educated in Bordeaux,graduating with a diploma of advanced studies in anthropology, [3] then returned to French Polynesia where he worked as a civil servant and then at the Polynesian Center for Human Sciences and Musée de Tahiti et des Îles. [1] In 2002 he was appointed director of the Maison de la Culture - Te Fare Tauhiti Nui. [1] In this role,he helped establish the International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival. [1] [3] In 2010,he was elected chair of GIE Tahiti Tourism. [3]
In February 2013 he was awarded the Ordre national du Mérite. [1]
In September 2014 he was appointed as Minister of Language Promotion,Culture,Communication and the Environment in the government of Édouard Fritch. [4] As he was a senior civil servant at the time,he had to wait at least six months before taking up his ministerial duties. [5] In the intervening period his portfolios were managed by Minister of Education Nicole Sanquer,and he was employed as a technical advisor in her office. [6] He formally took office on 25 March 2015. [7]
Following the 2018 French Polynesian legislative election in May 2018 he was reappointed as Minister of Culture and the Environment,in charge of Handicrafts. [8] As environment minister he promoted the listing of the Marquesas Islands as a World Heritage Site [9] [10] and a ban on seabed mining. [11]
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