Palusalue Faʻapo II explained

Palusalue Faʻapo II
Office3:Leader of the Tautua Samoa Party
Deputy3:A'eau Peniamina
Term Start3:19 May 2011
Term End3:4 March 2016
Predecessor3:Va'ai Papu Vailupe
Successor3:Office vacant
Office4:Minister of Communication & Information Technology
Primeminister4:Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi
Term Start4:2003
Term End4:24 April 2006
Successor4:Mulitalo Siafausa Vui
Office5:Minister of Transport
Term Start5:20 March 2001
Term End5:2003
Constituency Mp11:Safata
Parliament11:Samoan
Term Start11:26 April 1996
Term End11:4 March 2016
Predecessor11:Tuiloma Pule Lameko
Successor11:Constituency abolished
Birth Date:~
Party:FAST (2020–present)

Afemata Palusalue Faʻapo II (born ~1956) is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. From 2011 to 2016 he was the leader of the opposition Tautua Samoa Party.[1]

Palusalue was first elected to Parliament in 1996.[2] 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,[3] and then as Minister of Communication & Information Technology. After the 2006 election he became associate Minister of Finance.[2] [4]

Palusalue left the governing Human Rights Protection Party in March 2008 and joined the opposition as an independent MP.[5] He later became a founding member of the Tautua Samoa Party.[6] 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.[7] He was subsequently reinstated after the Supreme Court of Samoa overturned the law and declared the formation of new parties legal.[8]

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.[9] As a result, along with Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi and Va'ai Papu Vailupe he was deemed to have resigned his seat.[10] He was re-elected in the resulting by-election.[11] In December 2010 he was elected deputy leader of Tautua.[12] He was re-elected in the 2011 election and re-elected deputy leader.[13] Following Va'ai Papu Vailupe's loss of his seat for bribery and treating he became party leader.[14] He lost his seat in the 2016 election.[15]

In 2017 he was conferred with the chiefly title of Afemata.[16]

He contested the 2021 election as a candidate for the Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party[17] but was unsuccessful.[18]

In February 2023, the FAST government appointed Palusalue to serve as Samoa's consul-general in Auckland, New Zealand.[19]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Tautua president passes . . 2011-10-04 . 2011-10-26.
  2. Web site: Palusalue Faʻapo II . Legislative Assembly of Samoa . 2010-03-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070824113823/http://www.parliament.gov.ws/popup_mop.cfm?mop=018 . August 24, 2007 .
  3. Web site: Misa becomes new Minister of Finance . Samoa Observer . 20 March 2001 . 10 June 2021.
  4. Web site: Samoa's Prime Minister appoints 20 as associate ministers . . 12 May 2006 . 3 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Two MPs in Samoa quit ruling party . . 17 March 2008 . 3 December 2020.
  6. News: Alan Ah Mu . 2008-12-17 . Tautua Samoa officially launched . Samoa Observer . 2010-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607150016/http://www.samoaobserver.ws/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2407:tautua-samoa-officially-launched&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=53 . 2011-06-07 . dead .
  7. Web site: By-elections to be called in Samoa for nine vacant parliamentary seats . . 1 June 2009 . 3 December 2020.
  8. Web site: Samoa court reinstates nine MPs, cancels by-elections . . 2 July 2009 . 3 December 2020.
  9. Web site: Samoa passes bill following last year's Tautua Samoa episode . . 22 January 2020 . 3 December 2020.
  10. Web site: Vaʻai springs election shock . Alan Ah Mu . Samoa Observer . 2010-03-18 . 2010-03-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607142712/http://www.samoaobserver.ws/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20220&Itemid=62 . 2011-06-07 . dead .
  11. Web site: Palu stays, Ale reigns . Samoa Observer . Marieta Heidi Ilalio . 2010-05-15 . 2010-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607144145/http://www.samoaobserver.ws/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22237&Itemid=62 . 2011-06-07 . dead .
  12. Web site: Va'ai Papu chosen as Tautua Samoa leader . . 22 December 2010 . 3 December 2020.
  13. Web site: Tautua Samoa party re-elect leader . . 9 March 2011 . 3 December 2020.
  14. Web site: Tautua Samoa caucus elect new leaders . . 19 May 2011 . 14 June 2021.
  15. Web site: Tautua Samoa party finally talks after disastrous poll results . . 9 March 2016 . 3 December 2020.
  16. Web site: Afemata honour for veteran politician . Ilia L. Likou . Samoa Observer . 3 June 2017 . 3 December 2020.
  17. Web site: Afemata Palusalue registers for F.A.S.T. . Soli Wilson . Samoa Observer . 17 October 2020 . 3 December 2020.
  18. Web site: Safata M.P. considering counter petition . Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong . Samoa Observer . 3 May 2021 . 10 June 2021.
  19. News: Ganasavea Manuia Tafeaga . Faamautū Tofiga Fou a le Malo mo Aotearoa . 11 February 2023 . Samoa Global News . 11 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230211220347/https://samoaglobalnews.com/faamautu-tofiga-fou-mo-aotearoa7/ . 11 February 2023. live . sm.

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