The deputy prime minister of the Independent State of Samoa ( sm, Sui Palemia o le Malo Tuto’atasi o Sāmoa) is the deputy head of government of

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

. The deputy prime minister is a member of the Legislative Assembly and

cabinet Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers * Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets * Filing ...

, and is appointed by the

O le Ao o le Malo The ''O le Ao o le Malo'' ( Samoan for "Head of State") is the head of state of Samoa. The position is described in Part III of the 1960 Samoan constitution. At the time the constitution was adopted, it was anticipated that future heads of st ...

(head of state) on the advice of the

prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

. The incumbent,

Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio Afioga Tuala Tevaga Iosefo Ponifasio is a Samoan politician, lawyer and Cabinet of Samoa, Cabinet Minister who has served as the deputy prime minister of Samoa since 2021. Elected to parliament as an independent in the 2021 election, he later joi ...

of the

Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST; English: "Samoa United in Faith") is a political party in Samoa. It was founded by MP La'auli Leuatea Polataivao and is currently led by Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa. Formation The party was registered on 30 July 2020, and in ...

(FAST) party, has served since 2021. His role was disputed from 24 May to 23 July due to the 2021 constitutional crisis, which was resolved when the Samoan Court of Appeal ruled that the FAST government was legitimate.

List of officeholders

Tofilau Eti Alesana Tofilau Eti Alesana, AC, born Aualamalefalelima Alesana (4 June 1924 – 19 March 1999) was a Samoan politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Samoa from 1982 to 1985, and again from 1988 until his resignation in 1998. Biography ...

(13 April 1982 – 18 September 1982) *

Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi (born Olaf "Efi" Tamasese; 1 March 1938) is a Samoan political leader and as holder of the maximal lineage Tama-a-'āiga title of Tupua Tamasese, is one of the four paramount chiefs of Samoa. He also h ...

(1985–1988) * Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi (1991–1998) * ''Vacant (23 November 1998 – 19 March 2001)'' *

Misa Telefoni Retzlaff Misa Telefoni Retzlaff (born Hermann Theodor Retzlaff, 21 May 1952) is a Samoan author and retired politician who served as the deputy prime minister of Samoa and deputy leader of the Human Rights Protection Party from 2001 to 2011. A member of ...

(19 March 2001 – 20 March 2011) *

Fonotoe Pierre Lauofo Fonotoe Nuafesili Pierre Lauofo Meredith is a Samoan politician a who has served as the leader of the opposition since 2023. A former deputy prime minister, he is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party. Lauofo was first elected to the Le ...

(21 March 2011 – 18 March 2016) *

Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mataafa (born 29 April 1957) () is a Samoan politician and High Chiefess ('' matai'') who has served as the seventh Prime Minister of Samoa and leader of the Faatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party since 2021. Th ...

(19 March 2016 – 11 September 2020) * ''Vacant (11 September 2020 – 24 May 2021)'' *

(24 May 2021 – present)

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Samoan Government Website
{{Deputy heads of government of Oceania * Politics of Samoa Government of Samoa

List of officeholders

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