Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu

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]

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]