Early life and education
Born on 29 August 1967 in Papeete, [3] Santa is the son of Tugdual Santa (born 1943 in Papeete),through whom he descends from notable families of Tahiti and Irène Degage (born 1945),a former civil servant of the Office of Posts and Telecommunications (OPT) in Tahiti then responsible for the social grocery store of the Red Cross in Raiatea.
After his parents divorced,he spent most of his childhood between school periods in Tahiti where he continued to reside with his mother and vacations in Thio in New Caledonia with his father. [3] He then studied in Bordeaux,at the former UniversitéBordeaux-I,from which he graduated with a master's degree in economic sciences and a specialized higher studies diploma (DESS) in business administration. Once he graduated in 1991,he did his national service as a technical aid volunteer (VAT) in the service of the finances of the town hall of Nouméa,and then settled permanently in New Caledonia. [3]
Political career
He became head of the finance department of the town hall of Nouméa until 2000. [3] His political career started in 2000,when Pierre Frogier,then deputy,mayor of Mont-Dore and successor potential of Jacques Lafleur at the head of the historic party of the loyalist right,recruited him on 12 June as secretary general of the town hall of this commune in the suburbs of Nouméa. It was that same year that he joined the party. [3] [4] Pierre Frogier became president of the government of New Caledonia and resigning from his mandate as mayor on 31 March. His relations with the new chief magistrate,Réginald Bernut,were worse. [3]
He left this function within the municipal administration to become a collaborator of Corinne Fuluhea,member of The Rally of the local executive responsible for Vocational Training,until 3 August. He then became project manager for the Budget and Financial Affairs Directorate (DBAF) of the government,then returned to his position as secretary general of the town of Mont-Dore to the new mayor,Éric Gay,himself a close friend of Pierre Frogier. He then participated in the reorganization of the municipal administration and the preparation of the urban redevelopment of Boulari. [3]
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