Aveau Tuala Lepale Niko Faitala Palamo is a

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n rugby player, judge, politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the

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. Aveau is a former

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15s and 7s rugby player and coach. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 2011 election, representing the constituency of Faleata East. Aveau beat 3 other candidates from the villages of Vaimoso, Lepea and Vailoa to gain the seat, with a convincing win of more than 200 votes over the second place candidate from Lepea. He ran again in the 2016 election, but was unsuccessful. Following his departure from politics Palamo coached the Samoa women's national rugby union team. In May 2018 he was appointed Director of the 2019 Pacific Games Committee, but he resigned in November of that year due to differences with the committee. In December 2019 Palamo was appointed as a judge of the Lands and Titles court.

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