Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu Explained

Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu
Office3:Minister of Culture and the Environment
President3:Édouard Fritch
Term Start3:25 March 2015
Term End3:15 May 2023
Predecessor3:Nicole Sanquer
Successor3:Moetai Brotherson
Office4:Minister of Youth and Sport
Term Start4:17 September 2020
Term End4:21 February 2022
Predecessor4:Christelle Lehartel
Successor4:Naea Bennett
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 and the brother of TNTV director Mateata Maamaatuaiahutapu.[1]

Early life

Maamaatuaiahutapu was educated in Bordeaux, graduating with a diploma of advanced studies in anthropology,[2] 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. In 2002 he was appointed director of the Maison de la Culture - Te Fare Tauhiti Nui. In this role, he helped establish the International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival.[2] In 2010, he was elected chair of GIE Tahiti Tourism.[2]

In February 2013 he was awarded the Ordre national du Mérite.[3]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mateata Maamaatuaiahutapu à la tête de TNTV : "Cela n'a pas été un long fleuve tranquille" . Tahiti Infos . fr . 31 July 2015 . 21 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu, nouveau président du Conseil d'Administration du GIE Tahiti Tourisme . Tahiti Infos . fr . 19 July 2010 . 21 October 2022.
  3. Web site: L'ordre national du mérite pour H. Maamaatuaiahutapu et M. de Chazeaux . Tahiti News . fr . 10 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161120150201/http://www.tahitinews.co/lordre-national-du-merite-pour-h-maamaatuaiahutapu-m-de-chazeaux/ . 20 November 2016.
  4. Web site: Le gouvernement d'Edouard Fritch dévoilé . Tahiti Infos . fr . 16 September 2014 . 1 October 2022.
  5. Web site: Deux ministres du gouvernement Fritch frappés "d'incompatibilité" . Tahiti Infos . fr . 17 September 2014 . 21 October 2022.
  6. Web site: Fritch présente dix ministres dont deux "à devenir" . Tahiti Infos . fr . 17 September 2014 . 21 October 2022.
  7. Web site: Le gouvernement d'Edouard Fritch enfin au complet . Tahiti Infos . fr . 25 March 2015 . 21 October 2022.
  8. Web site: Le nouveau gouvernement Fritch dévoilé . Tahiti Infos . fr . 23 May 2018 . 24 September 2022.
  9. Web site: Marquesas Islands in fresh UNESCO bid . RNZ . 11 April 2018 . 21 October 2022.
  10. Web site: Unesco : Le dossier marquisien salué à Paris . Tahiti Infos . fr . 18 October 2022 . 21 October 2022.
  11. Web site: French Polynesia moves towards ban on 'craziness' of seabed mining . RNZ . 8 September 2022 . 21 October 2022.

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