Afemata Palusalue Faʻapo II (born ~1956)[1] is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. From 2011 to 2016 he was the leader of the opposition Tautua Samoa Party.[2]
Palusalue Faʻapo II | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Tautua Samoa Party | |
| In office 19 May 2011 – 4 March 2016 | |
| Deputy | A'eau Peniamina |
| Preceded by | Va'ai Papu Vailupe |
| Succeeded by | Office vacant |
| Minister of Communication & Information Technology | |
| In office 2003 – 24 April 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi |
| Succeeded by | Mulitalo Siafausa Vui |
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 20 March 2001 – 2003 | |
| Member of the Samoan Parliament for Safata | |
| In office 26 April 1996 – 4 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Tuiloma Pule Lameko |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | ~1956 (age 67–68) |
| Political party | FAST (2020–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
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Palusalue was first elected to Parliament in 1996.[3] He served as Parliamentary Undersecretary to the Minister of Justice. After being re-elected in 2001, he was appointed to Cabinet, first as Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation,[4] and then as Minister of Communication & Information Technology. After the 2006 election he became associate Minister of Finance.[3][5]
Palusalue left the governing Human Rights Protection Party in March 2008 and joined the opposition as an independent MP.[6] He later became a founding member of the Tautua Samoa Party.[7] As a result, in May 2009 he was one of nine Tautua MPs declared to have resigned their seats under an anti-party hopping law.[8] He was subsequently reinstated after the Supreme Court of Samoa overturned the law and declared the formation of new parties legal.[9]
In January 2010 new anti-party-hopping laws came into force, barring MPs from declaring their support for political parties or organizations with political aims other than the party they were elected for.[10] As a result, along with Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi and Va'ai Papu Vailupe he was deemed to have resigned his seat.[11] He was re-elected in the resulting by-election.[12] In December 2010 he was elected deputy leader of Tautua.[13] He was re-elected in the 2011 election and re-elected deputy leader.[14] Following Va'ai Papu Vailupe's loss of his seat for bribery and treating he became party leader.[15] He lost his seat in the 2016 election.[16]
In 2017 he was conferred with the chiefly title of Afemata.[17]
He contested the 2021 election as a candidate for the Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party[1] but was unsuccessful.[18]
In February 2023, the FAST government appointed Palusalue to serve as Samoa's consul-general in Auckland, New Zealand.[19]
References
edit- ^ a b Soli Wilson (17 October 2020). "Afemata Palusalue registers for F.A.S.T." Samoa Observer. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Tautua president passes". Samoa Observer. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Palusalue Faʻapo II". Legislative Assembly of Samoa. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ "Misa becomes new Minister of Finance". Samoa Observer. 20 March 2001. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Samoa's Prime Minister appoints 20 as associate ministers". RNZ. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Two MPs in Samoa quit ruling party". RNZ. 17 March 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ Alan Ah Mu (17 December 2008). "Tautua Samoa officially launched". Samoa Observer. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ "By-elections to be called in Samoa for nine vacant parliamentary seats". RNZ. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Samoa court reinstates nine MPs, cancels by-elections". RNZ. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Samoa passes bill following last year's Tautua Samoa episode". RNZ. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ Alan Ah Mu (18 March 2010). "Vaʻai springs election shock". Samoa Observer. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ^ Marieta Heidi Ilalio (15 May 2010). "Palu stays, Ale reigns". Samoa Observer. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
- ^ "Va'ai Papu chosen as Tautua Samoa leader". RNZ. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Tautua Samoa party re-elect leader". RNZ. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Tautua Samoa caucus elect new leaders". RNZ. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Tautua Samoa party finally talks after disastrous poll results". RNZ. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ Ilia L. Likou (3 June 2017). "Afemata honour for veteran politician". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (3 May 2021). "Safata M.P. considering counter petition". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ Ganasavea Manuia Tafeaga (11 February 2023). "Faamautū Tofiga Fou a le Malo mo Aotearoa". Samoa Global News (in Samoan). Archived from the original on 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.