Aiono Afaese Toleafoa is a
Samoan politician. He is a member of the
Human Rights Protection Party
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Toleafoa is the son of former
Speaker and MP
Leaupepe Toleafoa Faafisi.
He was first elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the
April 2021 Samoan general election
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, winning his father's seat of Aana Alofi No. 2.
[ Before entering politics, he managed the Toleafoa Company, operating supermarkets, petrol stations and public transport.][ On 12 July 2021, he agreed to resign from parliament and agreed not to contest the resulting by-election as part of the settlement of an election petition. On 13 July, he changed his mind, and the petition will now proceed to trial. On 16 August 2021, his election was voided after he was found guilty of five counts of bribery and treating.]
References
Living people
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa
Human Rights Protection Party politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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