Michel Leboucher

Michel Leboucher
Leboucher in 2014
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
In office
17 May 2013 – 5 September 2014
PresidentGaston Flosse
Succeeded byNicole Sanquer
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly
for Windward Isles 3
In office
17 May 2013 – 16 May 2018
Personal details
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Papeete
Political partyTahoera'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]

  1. ^ "Michel LEBOUCHER". Assemblée de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Qui sont les 8 ministres pressentis pour entrer dans le futur gouvernement ?" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Assemblée de Polynésie : un paysage politique considérablement remanié" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Gaston Flosse présente son gouvernement" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Le trombinoscope de la nouvelle Assemblée de Polynésie française" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  6. ^ "En cas de victoire du Tahoeraa, Flosse sera le « conseiller spécial » de Geffry Salmon" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Territoriales 2018 : Le nouveau visage de l'Assemblée" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2022.