Maina Sage


Maina Sage is a French politician, member of the French National Assembly representing French Polynesia.

Biography

Political career

On 29 December 2006 she joined the Government of French Polynesia Gaston Tong Sang as Minister of Tourism and Environment, until September 2007. In 2008, she is elected representative at the Assembly of French Polynesia. Re-elected in May 2013, she is then chair of the Committee on the Economy, Finance, Budget and Public Service. Maina Sage is now a member of the Rassemblement pour une majority autonome group, and since 11 May 2015, has held the position of Vice-President of the Committee on Institutions, International and European Affairs and Relations with Municipalities.

Member of the French National Assembly

Candidate for the by-election in 2014 in the 1st constituency of Polynesia convened to replace Édouard Fritch, president of the Assembly of French Polynesia, she won the absolute majority of votes in the first round on 14 June 2014 but the low participation does not validate the election and imposes the organization of a second round on June 28 after which it is elected with 58% of the votes.
At its foundation in February 2016, she joined the autonomous political party Tapura Huiraatira, founded by Édouard Fritch, who had since become President of French Polynesia. Maina Sage was re-elected on 17 June 2017.
During a 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic, she sits on the Constitutional Acts, Legislation and General Administration Committee. She is a member of European Affairs Committee, and member of Delegation to overseas. She is President of the International Study Group on the Pacific Islands and President of the mission of information on the management of the major climatic events in the littoral zones of France and Overseas.
She is Vice-President of the France-India Friendship Group and the France-Brazil Friendship Group.
On 12 March 2020, Sage tested positive for COVID-19. She was the first case in French Polynesia.