Safuneitu'uga Pa'aga Neri

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Safuneitu'uga Pa'aga Neri
Minister of Communication and Technology
In office
21 March 2011 – 15 November 2006
Prime MinisterTuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Preceded byMulitalo Siafausa Vui
Succeeded byTuisugaletaua Sofara Aveau
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Gagaifomauga No. 2
In office
2 March 2001 – 4 March 2011
Preceded by
Succeeded bySo’oalo Umi Feo Mene
Personal details
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party

Safuneitu'uga Pa'aga Neri is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. She was the third Samoan woman ever appointed to Cabinet. She is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Neri is from Safune on the island of Savai'i. She worked as an Education lecturer at the National University of Samoa.[1] She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa as an independent in the 2001 election.[1] She was re-elected in the 2006 election, and was appointed Minister of Communication and Technology following the removal from office of Mulitalo Siafausa Vui.[2] As Minister she planned the privatisation of the Samoa Broadcasting Corporation,[3] and of SamoaTel.[4]

She lost her seat in the 2011 election.[5] She later served as a member of the Public Service Commission from 2012 - 2018.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "THREE WOMEN IN SAMOA'S PARLIAMENT". Pacific Islands Report. 12 March 2001. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Samoa PM appoints woman MP as new minister". RNZ. 15 November 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Privatising Samoa public broadcaster will lift standards, says government". RNZ. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ^ "GOVERNMENT PHONE SERVICE GOING PRIVATE IN SAMOA". Pacific Islands Report. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Tuilaepa says he looks forward to working with Tautua Samoa party". RNZ. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  6. ^ "PSC BIDS FAREWELL TO ITS CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSION MEMBER". Samoa Public Service Commission. 2018. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021.


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