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Toleafoa Faafisi

Samoan politician

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About Toleafoa Faafisi

Toleafoa Faafisi was a civil servant.

Leaupepe Toleafoa Apulu Faafisi (born 1947) and was appointed Deputy Speaker.

Following his re-election in 2001, he was appointed to the role for a second term.

He was re-elected at the 2006 election and appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Police. He was not reappointed to Cabinet in 2011. In 2013 he advocated exporting dog meat to China as a measure for controlling stray animals.

In 2016, he was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly for a third term. As Speaker he oversaw the redevelopment of the new Parliament building. As Speaker, he was accused of lacking independence, of removing Members' speeches from Hansard, and of taking direction in the House from Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi. in November 2020, he declared the seats of independent opposition MPs Olo Fiti Vaai and Faumuina Asi Pauli Wayne Fong vacant after they announced they would be standing as candidates for the F.A.S.T. party at the 2021 election. On 14 December 2020 the decision was declared unlawful and invalid by the Supreme Court of Samoa.

Faafisi retired at the April 2021 election. He was succeeded as MP in his electorate (now renamed Aana Alofi No. 2) by his son, Aiono Afaese Toleafoa.

On 23 May 2021, during the 2021 Samoan constitutional crisis, Faafisi purported to cancel the first meeting of the new legislative assembly, in violation of an order from the Supreme Court.

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Important facts

Occupation
Positions held
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa
Also known as
Leaupepe Toleafoa Faafisi, Leaupepe Toleafoa Apulu Faafisi

Frequently asked questions

Who was Toleafoa Faafisi?

Samoan politician

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Toleafoa Faafisi was a civil servant.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Toleafoa Faafisi

· Wikidata: Q102406339

· DBpedia: Leaupepe Toleafoa Faafisi

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