Teva Rohfritsch | |
|---|---|
 Rohfritch in 2013 | |
| Senator for French Polynesia | |
| Assumed office 27 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Nuihau Laurey |
| Vice-President of French Polynesia | |
| In office 13 January 2017 –2 September 2020 | |
| President | Édouard Fritch |
| Preceded by | Nuihau Laurey |
| Succeeded by | Tearii Alpha |
| Economy,Finance,Major Works and Blue Economy | |
| Succeeded by | Yvonnick Raffin (Finance) Tearii Alpha (Blue Economy) |
| Member of the French Polynesian Assembly for Windward Isles | |
| In office 7 May 2013 –30 April 2023 | |
| In office 29 January 2008 –2 May 2011 | |
| Succeeded by | Rene Temeharo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 February 1975 |
| Political party | Tahoera'a Huiraatira A Tia Porinetia Tapura Huiraatira Ia Ora te Nuna'a |
Teva Rohfritsch (born 3 February 1975) [1] is a French Polynesian politician and former Cabinet Minister. Since 2020 he has been one of French Polynesia's two senators in the French Senate,sitting with the Rally of Democrats,Progressives and Independents. [1]
Rohfritsch is a former director of Socredo bank. [2] He was first appointed to French Polynesia's Council of Ministers as tourism minister in November 2003. [2] In 2005 he was economics minister. [3] Following the 2008 French Polynesian legislative election he was appointed finance minister. [4] In Oscar Temaru's 2009 administration he was appointed Minister of Maritime Resources. [5] In April 2009 he was suspended from Tahoera'a Huiraatira after refusing to quit Temaru's government. [6] He left the party two days later. [7] In November 2009 he was made Minister of economic restructuring,foreign trade,industry and business in Gaston Tong Sang's cabinet. [8] In March 2011 he was sacked from Tong Sang's government [9] [10] and subsequently announced his intention to leave politics and return to the private sector. [11] His assembly seat was filled by RenéTemeharo. [12]
In the leadup to the 2013 territorial elections he founded the A Tia Porinetia party. [13] The party came third in the elections,winning 25 percent of the vote. [14] Following the elections he was a candidate for president,but lost to Gaston Flosse. [15]
In March 2014 he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Tahiti. [16]
In May 2015 he joined the government of Édouard Fritch as finance minister. [17] In February 2016 he formally merged A Tia Porinetia with Fritch's new Tapura Huiraatira party,becoming deputy leader. [18] In February 2017 he became finance minister again following the resignation of Nuihau Laurey to take up a role in the Senate. [19] He was later appointed vice-president. Following the 2018 elections he retained his role as vice-president and economy minister. [20]
In March 2020 he unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Punaauia. [21] He subsequently offered to resign as vice-president,but his resignation was refused. [22] [23] In August 2020 he was nominated as one of Tapura's candidates for the French Senate. [24] In September 2020 he resigned as vice-president and from Cabinet in order to campaign. [25] [26] He was elected to the Senate on 28 September 2020. [27]
In September 2022 he joined Nicole Bouteau and Philip Schyle in resigning from Tapura Huiraatira,citing disappointment with Edouard Fritch's government. [28] In December 2022 he and Bouteau founded the Ia Ora te Nuna'a party. [29]
