Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu

Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu
Maamaatuaiahutapu in 2014
Minister of Culture and the Environment
In office
25 March 2015 – 15 May 2023
PresidentÉdouard Fritch
Preceded byNicole Sanquer
Succeeded byMoetai Brotherson
Minister of Youth and Sport
In office
17 September 2020 – 21 February 2022
Preceded byChristelle Lehartel
Succeeded byNaea Bennett
Personal details
Political partyTapura 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]

Early life

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]

Political career

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "L'ordre national du mérite pour H. Maamaatuaiahutapu et M. de Chazeaux" (in French). Tahiti News. 10 February 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Mateata Maamaatuaiahutapu à la tête de TNTV : "Cela n'a pas été un long fleuve tranquille"" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu, nouveau président du Conseil d'Administration du GIE Tahiti Tourisme" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 19 July 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Le gouvernement d'Edouard Fritch dévoilé" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Deux ministres du gouvernement Fritch frappés "d'incompatibilité"" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Fritch présente dix ministres dont deux "à devenir"" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Le gouvernement d'Edouard Fritch enfin au complet" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Le nouveau gouvernement Fritch dévoilé" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Marquesas Islands in fresh UNESCO bid". RNZ. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Unesco : Le dossier marquisien salué à Paris" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  11. ^ "French Polynesia moves towards ban on 'craziness' of seabed mining". RNZ. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.