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 6768)
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]

References

  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.


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