Aeau Leota Tima Leavai (born ~1960) is a Samoan lawyer and politician. She is the daughter of former MP A'eau Peniamina. Leavai is a lawyer who runs her own law firm. She contested the

April 2021 Samoan general election April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. It is the first of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the second of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. April is commonly associated with ...

in her father's seat of Falealupo as a candidate for the

Human Rights Protection Party The Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP, sm, Vaega Faaupufai e Puipuia Aia Tatau a Tagata) is a Samoan political party. It was founded in 1982 and dominated Samoan party politics for decades thereafter, leading every government until their defea ...

, and won the seat. On 29 June 2021 the ''Samoa Observer'' reported that she planned to resign her seat and not run again, as part of the settlement of an electoral petition. She formally resigned on 9 July. In June 2020 Leavai was awarded the Aeau title by her village.

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