Isabelle Sachet

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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.

Sachet worked as a teacher, and then as a school principal. In February 2001 she was made a chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes académiques. 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.assemblee.pf/pdf/RepresentantDetail/35 |title=Profil du représentant: Isabelle SACHET |publisher=Assemblée de la Polynésie française |access-date=1 October 2022}} In the 2014 municipal elections she headed the Tahoera'a Huiraatira list in Faaa, losing by a wide margin to Oscar Temaru.{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Elections-a-Fa-a-a-Oscar-Temaru-elu-avec-6570-du-suffrage_a97324.html |title=Elections à Fa'a'a : Oscar Temaru élu avec 65,70 du suffrage. |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=23 March 2014 |access-date=1 October 2022}}

In December 2015 she quit the Tahoera'a party to join Édouard Fritch's Tapura Huiraatira,{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Isabelle-Sachet-demissionne-du-Tahoera-a-et-adhere-au-Tapura_a141277.html |title=Isabelle Sachet démissionne du Tahoera'a et adhère au Tapura |publisher=Tahiti Infos |author=Jean-Pierre Viatge |language=fr |date=1 December 2015 |access-date=1 October 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/291185/sachet-quits-tahiti's-tahoeraa |title=Sachet quits Tahiti's Tahoeraa |publisher=RNZ |date=3 December 2015 |access-date=1 October 2022}} citing the need to give Fritch a majority.{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Isabelle-Sachet-C-est-une-decision-dechirante-mais-je-fais-ca-pour-mon-pays_a141307.html |title=Isabelle Sachet : "C’est une décision déchirante, mais je fais ça pour mon pays" |publisher=Tahti Infos |language=fr |date=2 December 2015 |access-date=1 October 2022}} She was re-elected to the Assembly in the 2018 election.{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Territoriales-2018-Le-nouveau-visage-de-l-Assemblee_a171403.html |title=Territoriales 2018 : Le nouveau visage de l'Assemblée |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=6 May 2018 |access-date=1 October 2022}} Following the election she was appointed to Fritch's Cabinet as Minister of Family and Solidarity, in charge of Equal Opportunities,{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Le-nouveau-gouvernement-Fritch-devoile_a171788.html |title=Le nouveau gouvernement Fritch dévoilé |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=23 May 2018 |access-date=24 September 2022}} surrendering her position in the Assembly as a result.{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/La-nouvelle-composition-de-l-assemblee_a171802.html |title=La nouvelle composition de l'assemblée |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=23 May 2018 |access-date=1 October 2022}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/%E2%80%8BFritch-redistribue-les-cartes_a194446.html |title=Fritch redistribue les cartes |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=17 September 2020 |access-date=24 September 2022}}

She was replaced as a Minister in a cabinet reshuffle in February 2022, and her portfolios were taken over by Virginie Bruant.{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/La-composition-du-nouveau-gouvernement-Fritch_a207297.html |title=La composition du nouveau gouvernement Fritch |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=21 February 2022 |access-date=1 October 2022}} After leaving cabinet she returned to the Assembly.{{cite web |url=https://actu.fr/politique/isabelle-sachet-nous-avons-fait-un-travail-formidable_48903984.html |title=Isabelle Sachet : « Nous avons fait un travail formidable » |publisher=Actu |language=fr |author=Bertrand Prévost |date=22 February 2022 |access-date=1 October 2022}} She was not included in Tapura's list at the 2023 election.{{cite web |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Le-Tapura-rassemble-5-000-militants-a-Mamao_a215865.html |title=Le Tapura rassemble 5 000 militants à Mamao |publisher=Tahiti Infos |language=fr |date=11 March 2023 |access-date=1 May 2023}}