Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu

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]

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

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. "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. "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.
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