Albert Solia

Albert Solia
Minister of Equipment and Transport
In office 18 November 2013 – 13 January 2017
President	Gaston Flosse Édouard Fritch
Preceded by	Bruno Marty
Succeeded by	Luc Faatau
Personal details
Died	11 March 2020[1]
Political party	Tahoera'a Huiraatira

Albert Solia (died 11 March 2020) was a French Polynesian politician and Cabinet Minister.

Solia worked in the construction industry, and was a founder of construction company Interoute.[2] From 1995 to 2007 he served as its chief executive.[3] He later worked as a civil servant in French Polynesia's Ministry of Transport.[4]

In November 2013 he was appointed Minister of Equipment, Planning, and Transport by Gaston Flosse, replacing Bruno Marty.[4][3][5] Following the ousting from office of Flosse for corruption in September 2014 he retained his portfolios in the Cabinet of Édouard Fritch.[6] In a cabinet reshuffle in January 2017 he was replaced by Luc Faatau.[7][8][9] He later worked as an advisor to the president.[1]

In October 2017 he was taken in for questioning and held for 40 hours over allegations of favourtism in awarding public works contracts.[10][11][12]

He died in March 2020 after a long illness.[1]

References

1. "Disparition d'Albert Solia des suites d'une longue maladie" (in French). Tahiti News. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
2. "Disparition de l'ancien ministre Albert Solia" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
3. "Albert Solia, ministre de l'Equipement après avoir été DirCab de Marty" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
4. "French Polynesia gets new transport minister". RNZ. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
5. "Gaston Flosse présente son nouveau gouvernement" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
6. "Le gouvernement d'Edouard Fritch dévoilé" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
7. "Le détail du nouveau gouvernement Fritch" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
8. "Remaniement ministériel : Bouteau, Faatau et Raynal entrent au gouvernement (màj)" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
9. "Fritch reshuffles French Polynesia government". RNZ. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
10. "Prominent French Polynesians questioned over alleged favouritism". RNZ. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
11. "Former French Poly minister and govt official held for 40 hours". RNZ. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
12. "Albert Solia et Jean-Paul Le Caill placés en garde à vue" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2022.