Thierry Santa


Thierry Santa is a French politician in New Caledonia serving as the 9th and current President of the Government of New Caledonia, elected by the cabinet on 6 July 2019. Santa is the leader of The Rally political party since 2018. He previously served as President of the Congress of New Caledonia from 2015 to 2018 and secretary general of The Rally from 2013 to 2016.
Santa was born in Papeete and studied economic science at the University of Bordeaux I.

Personal life

Santa married Sabine Di Russo on 3 September 2010, the Human Resources Director of the company Nouméa Casinos.