Gaʻina Tino | |
Office2: | Minister of Justice |
Term Start2: | 20 February 2004 |
Term End2: | 24 April 2006 |
Primeminister2: | Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi |
Predecessor2: | Seumanu Aita Ah Wa |
Successor2: | Unasa Mesi Galo |
Office3: | Minister of Revenue |
Term Start3: | 20 March 2001 |
Term End3: | 20 February 2004 |
Successor3: | Tuʻuʻu Anasiʻi Leota |
Constituency Mp10: | Gagaʻifomauga No. 1 |
Parliament10: | Samoan |
Term Start10: | 5 April 1991 |
Term End10: | 31 March 2006 |
Predecessor10: | Timu Lafaele |
Successor10: | Tuiloʻa Aniteleʻa Tuiloʻa |
Party: | Human Rights Protection Party |
Gaʻina Tino is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa at the 1991 election. He was re-elected in 1996, and in 2001. In 2001 he was appointed Minister of Legislative Department and Audit (revenue).[1] [2] He was shifted to the Justice portfolio in February 2004 following the death of Justice Minister Seumanu Aita Ah Wa.[3] He lost his seat at the 2006 election.[4] [5]
In 2014 he stood in the 2014 Gagaʻifomauga by-election,[6] losing to Faimalotoa Kika Stowers.[7]
He was subsequently appointed to the board of the Samoa Trust Estates Corporation.[8]