Pauga Talalelei Pauga

Pauga Talalelei Pauga (born 30 March 1969) is a Samoan accountant, sports administrator, and politician, who served as president of the Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee from 2021 to 2025. He is a member of the FAST Party.

Pauga was educated at the University of Auckland He played for the Samoa men's national basketball team in 2011. He served as president of the National Samoa Basketball Association and as a board member of FIBA Oceania. In 2021 he was elected president of the Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (SASNOC). Pauga announced he would stand for election as a candidate for the FAST Party. He ran in the Vaimauga No.1 electorate in the 2025 Samoan general election and was elected to the Legislative Assembly.