Faamoetauloa Ulaitino Faale Tumaalii

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Fa'amoetauloa Ulaitino Faale Tumaali'i
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Tumaali'i in 2013
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
In office
21 March 2011 – 19 March 2016
Prime MinisterTuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Preceded byFaumuina Tiatia Liuga
Succeeded byFiame Naomi Mata'afa
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Gagaemauga No. 3
In office
4 March 2011 – 4 March 2016
Preceded by
Succeeded byNafoitoa Talaimanu Keti
Personal details
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party

Fa'amoetauloa Lealaiauloto Taito Dr. Faale Tumaali'i (~1949 - 16 September 2019)[1] was a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. They were a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Tumaalii studied for a bachelor's degree in Fiji, and then for a master's degree and PhD at the University of New South Wales.[1] He worked for the Ministry of Agriculture, the New South Wales Agricultural Research Institute, the Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation, as a lecturer at the University of Newcastle in Australia.[1] After returning to Samoa in 2006 he became director of the .[1]

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa at the 2011 Samoan general election, and appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.[2] He lost his seat in the 2016 election.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Talaia Mika (18 September 2019). "Former Cabinet Minister Fa'amoetauloa passes away". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Former opposition leader in Samoa joins new ruling party cabinet". RNZ. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Woman MP Elected Under New Law Is Fa'aulusao Rosa". Talanei. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2020.


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