Aline Titiehu Heitaa-Archier (born 28 June 1961)[1] is a French Polynesian educator and advocate of the Marquesan language.
Heitaa-Archier is from the village of Puamau, on Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands.[1] She was educated at Saint-Anne de Atuona school, and then at Collège La Mennais in Tahiti.[1] After working for the Banque de Tahiti, she trained as a teacher, then returned to the Marquesas to teach, then became an education inspector.[1] In August 2018 she was appointed as the national education inspector in charge of the Marquesas.[2] In that role she has worked with the Marquesan Academy to boost the teaching of the Marquesan language.[3]
In 2010 she was made a knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques. In 2015 she was promoted to officer.[1] In September 2023 she was made a knight of the Ordre national du Mérite.[1][4][5]
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