Papalii Laupepa

Papaliʻitele Molioʻo Laupepa Malietoa (3 December 1940 – 28 September 1985) was a Western Samoan chief and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1985, and as Minister of Justice for a short period in 1982.

Biography The son of paramount chief Malietoa Tanumafili II, Papaliʻitele was educated at Newington College in Sydney between 1951 and 1958 where he was a boarding student enrolled under the name Leupepa Malietoa. While at the school, he was a member of the rugby union first XV for four years. He subsequently trained at Portsea Military College in Australia from 1964 to 1965, reaching the rank of second lieutenant. He joined the New Zealand armed forces and served in Malaysia as assistant battalion adjutant between 1967 and 1969. In the 1982 elections he defeated Eikeni by 85 votes and was elected to the Assembly.

Papaliʻitele lost his seat to Eikeni in the February 1985 elections and died in September the same year. He was survived by his wife Afioga Aioro Sia Malietoa.

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