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Michel Leboucher
French Polynesian politician
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]