Thierry Santa (born 29 August 1967) is a

French politician The politics of France take place with the framework of a semi-presidential system determined by the French Constitution of the French Fifth Republic. The nation declares itself to be an "indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic". ...

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who served the 9th

President of the Government of New Caledonia This article lists the presidents of the Government of New Caledonia since 1999, after the Nouméa Accord was signed in 1998. The President is often from the largest party in the Congress of New Caledonia, though the government itself is made up ...

, elected by the cabinet on 6 July 2019. He left office on 22 July 2021.Rulers.org, New Caledonia
/Ref> Santa is the leader of The Rally political party since 2018. He previously served as

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from 2015 to 2018 and secretary general of The Rally from 2013 to 2016. Santa was born in

Papeete Papeete (Tahitian language, Tahitian: ''Papeete'', pronounced ) is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the France, French Republic in the Pacific Ocean. The Communes of France, commune of Papeete is located on the isl ...

Tahiti Tahiti (; Tahitian ; ; previously also known as Otaheite) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is Austr ...

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and studied

economic science Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

at the

University of Bordeaux I The University of Bordeaux 1 (french: Université Bordeaux-I) was one of the four universities in the Academy of Bordeaux, together with the Bordeaux Segalen University (Bordeaux 2), Michel de Montaigne University (Bordeaux 3) and Montesquieu ...

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

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Personal life

Santa married Sabine Di Russo (born 1 February 1974) on 3 September 2010,« Thierry Santa et Sabine Di Russo », Carnet blanc, site officiel de la ville du Mont-Dore
the Human Resources Director of the company ''Nouméa Casinos''.A. Noir, « À l'école du jeu », site officiel de la Province Sud, 17 juin 2009

References

1967 births People from Papeete New Caledonia politicians Presidents of the Government of New Caledonia Living people Presidents of the Congress of New Caledonia The Rally (New Caledonia) politicians University of Bordeaux alumni {{NewCaledonia-politician-stub