Leota Laki Lamositele

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The Honourable
Leota Laki Lamositele
Minister of Women, Community and Social Development
Assumed office
24 May 2021[a]
Prime MinisterFiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Preceded byFaumuina Tiatia Liuga
Member of the Samoan Parliament
for Palauli No. 2
Assumed office
9 April 2021
Preceded bySili Epa Tuioti
Personal details
Political partyFa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi

Leota Laki Lamositele-Sio is a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the FAST Party.[1]

Leota is a statistician, accountant and manager, who served as Director-General of the National Health Services.[2] After running unsuccessfully as an Independent in the 2016 election, he joined the Human Rights Protection Party.[3] In October 2020 he switched his allegiance to the FAST Party to contest the April 2021 Samoan general election.[2] While preliminary results showed him losing to another FAST candidate, the final result showed him ahead by 9 votes, and he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa.[3]

On 24 May 2021 he was appointed Minister of Women, Community and Social Development in the elected cabinet of Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa.[4] The appointment was disputed by the caretaker government. On 23 July 2021 the Court of Appeal ruled that the swearing-in ceremony was constitutional and binding, and that FAST had been the government since 24 May.[5] He was subsequently appointed Associate Minister of Finance, the first time an MP had held both ministerial and associate roles.[6]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Disputed: 24 May 2021 – 23 July 2021

References[]

  1. ^ "First FAST Cabinet Down to Work – When the Impossible Happens". Talamua Online. 29 July 2021. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi (19 September 2020). "Former Health Director flies F.A.S.T. flag in Parliament bid". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b Joyetter Feagaimaali'i (16 April 2021). "Final count changes winner for Palauli No.2 seat". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  4. ^ Marieta H Ilalio (25 May 2021). "Fiame Sworn in as Prime Minister under Marquees on Parliament Grounds". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. ^ Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (23 July 2021). "F.A.S.T. declared new Government as appeal upheld". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ^ Soli Wilson (30 July 2021). "Leota's historic combination of roles". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 30 July 2021.


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