Michel Leboucher
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Michel Leboucher | |
|---|---|
 Leboucher in 2014 | |
| 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 69–70) |
| 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]
