Teva Rohfritsch

Teva Rohfritsch (born 3 February 1975) is a French Polynesian politician and former Cabinet Minister. Since 2020 he has been one of French Polynesia's two senators in the French Senate, sitting with the Rally of Democrats, Progressives and Independents. He was first appointed to French Polynesia's Council of Ministers as tourism minister in November 2003. Following the 2008 French Polynesian legislative election he was appointed finance minister. In Oscar Temaru's 2009 administration he was appointed Minister of Maritime Resources. In April 2009 he was suspended from Tahoera'a Huiraatira after refusing to quit Temaru's government. He left the party two days later. In November 2009 he was made Minister of economic restructuring, foreign trade, industry and business in Gaston Tong Sang's cabinet. In March 2011 he was sacked from Tong Sang's government and subsequently announced his intention to leave politics and return to the private sector. His assembly seat was filled by René Temeharo.

In the leadup to the 2013 territorial elections he founded the A Tia Porinetia party. The party came third in the elections, winning 25 percent of the vote. Following the elections he was a candidate for president, but lost to Gaston Flosse.

In March 2014 he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Tahiti.

In May 2015 he joined the government of Édouard Fritch as finance minister. In February 2016 he formally merged A Tia Porinetia with Fritch's new Tapura Huiraatira party, becoming deputy leader. In February 2017 he became finance minister again following the resignation of Nuihau Laurey to take up a role in the Senate. He was later appointed Vice-President of French Polynesia. Following the 2018 elections he retained his role as vice-president and economy minister.

In March 2020 he unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Punaauia. He subsequently offered to resign as vice-president, but his resignation was refused. In August 2020 he was nominated as one of Tapura's candidates for the French Senate. In September 2020 he resigned as vice-president and from Cabinet in order to campaign. He was elected to the Senate on 28 September 2020.

In September 2022 he joined Nicole Bouteau and Philip Schyle in resigning from Tapura Huiraatira, citing disappointment with Edouard Fritch's government. In December 2022 he and Bouteau founded the Ia Ora te Nuna'a party.