Michel Leboucher | |
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Minister of Education, Youth and Sports | |
In office 17 May 2013 – 5 September 2014 | |
President | Gaston Flosse |
Succeeded by | Nicole Sanquer |
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly for Windward Isles 3 | |
In office 17 May 2013 – 16 May 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1956 (age 67–68) Papeete |
Political party | Tahoera'a Huiraatira |
Michel Leboucher (born 1956) is a French Polynesian politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of Tahoera'a Huiraatira.[1]
Leboucher is the son of former Territorial Assembly secretary René Leboucher, and the brother of politician Patrick Leboucher. He began his career as a teacher in Catholic education. He was diocesan director of Catholic education in French Polynesia from 1993 to 2014.[2] He failed to win a seat in the Assembly of French Polynesia at the 2013 French Polynesian legislative election, but was eligible in the event of a Ministerial withdrawal.[3] He was subsequently appointed to the cabinet of Gaston Flosse as Minister of Education, Youth and Sports.[4] Following the fall of the Flosse government in September 2014 he returned to the Assembly.[5] He ran as a Tahoera'a candidate in the 2018 election,[6] but failed to win a seat.[7]