Thierry Santa

Thierry Santa (born 29 August 1967) is a French politician who served as the 9th President of the Government of New Caledonia from 2019 to 2021. He served as the leader of The Rally political party from 2018 to 2024. He previously served as President of the Congress of New Caledonia from 2015 to 2018.

Early life and education Born on 29 August 1967 in Papeete, Santa is the son of Tugdual Santa (born 1943 in Papeete), through whom he descends from notable families of Tahiti and Irène Degage (born 1945), a former civil servant of the Office of Posts and Telecommunications (OPT) in Tahiti then responsible for the social grocery store of the Red Cross in Raiatea.

After his parents divorced, he spent most of his childhood between school periods in Tahiti where he continued to reside with his mother and vacations in Thio in New Caledonia with his father. Pierre Frogier became president of the government of New Caledonia and resigning from his mandate as mayor on 31 March. His relations with the new chief magistrate, Réginald Bernut, were worse. For the 2019 provincial elections, he allied himself with the Caledonian Republicans in an electoral coalition called, Les Loyalistes forming a tandem with Sonia Backès to lead the list in South Province, the latter taking first place and him second. The coalition also became a political group at the Congress, and Thierry Santa took over as president. They achieved victory with 20 seats out of 40 in the Provincial Assembly, and became the first group of the Congress, with 18 seats out of 54. He was succeeded by Alcide Ponga.

President of the Government of New Caledonia Thierry Santa in videoconference with the Prime Minister Japanese Yoshihide Suga on 1 July 2021. On 28 June 2019, Thierry Santa was elected president of the government of New Caledonia. He took office on 6 July. On 9 July, he was also responsible for the coordination and control of the sectors of external relations and civil security, tourist promotion, the strategy for the development of natural resources, the mining code and the social accounts within the government. He is government fell apart in 2021. the Human Resources Director of the company Nouméa Casinos.