Isabelle Sachet (née Crolas) (born 1958) is a French Polynesian politician and former Cabinet Minister who served in the government of Édouard Fritch. She is a member of the Tapura Huiraatira.

Isabelle Sachet
Minister of Family and Solidarity, in charge of Equal Opportunities
In office
24 May 2018 – 21 February 2022
PresidentÉdouard Fritch
Succeeded byVirginie Bruant
Minister for the Fight against Exclusion and the Status of Women
In office
17 September 2020 – 21 February 2022
Preceded byNicole Bouteau
Succeeded byVirginie Bruant
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly
for Windward Isles 3
In office
7 May 2013 – 30 April 2023
Personal details
Born1958 (age 65–66)[1]
Political partyTahoera'a Huiraatira
Tapura Huiraatira

Sachet worked as a teacher, and then as a school principal.[1] In February 2001 she was made a chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes académiques.[1] She was first elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia in the 2013 French Polynesian legislative election as a representative of the Tahoera'a Huiraatira.[1][2] In the 2014 municipal elections she headed the Tahoera'a Huiraatira list in Faaa, losing by a wide margin to Oscar Temaru.[3]

In December 2015 she quit the Tahoera'a party to join Édouard Fritch's Tapura Huiraatira,[2][4] citing the need to give Fritch a majority.[5] She was re-elected to the Assembly in the 2018 election.[6] Following the election she was appointed to Fritch's Cabinet as Minister of Family and Solidarity, in charge of Equal Opportunities,[7] surrendering her position in the Assembly as a result.[8] A cabinet reshuffle in September 2020 following the resignation of Teva Rohfritsch saw her gain responsibility for the Fight against Exclusion and the Status of Women.[9]

She was replaced as a Minister in a cabinet reshuffle in February 2022, and her portfolios were taken over by Virginie Bruant.[10] After leaving cabinet she returned to the Assembly.[11] She was not included in Tapura's list at the 2023 election.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Profil du représentant: Isabelle SACHET". Assemblée de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Jean-Pierre Viatge (1 December 2015). "Isabelle Sachet démissionne du Tahoera'a et adhère au Tapura" (in French). Tahiti Infos. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Elections à Fa'a'a : Oscar Temaru élu avec 65,70 du suffrage" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 23 March 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Sachet quits Tahiti's Tahoeraa". RNZ. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Isabelle Sachet : "C'est une décision déchirante, mais je fais ça pour mon pays"" (in French). Tahti Infos. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Territoriales 2018 : Le nouveau visage de l'Assemblée" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Le nouveau gouvernement Fritch dévoilé" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  8. ^ "La nouvelle composition de l'assemblée" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Fritch redistribue les cartes" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  10. ^ "La composition du nouveau gouvernement Fritch" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  11. ^ Bertrand Prévost (22 February 2022). "Isabelle Sachet : « Nous avons fait un travail formidable »" (in French). Actu. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Le Tapura rassemble 5 000 militants à Mamao" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.