Mauu Siaosi Puepuemai (born ca. 1972) is a Samoan politician. He is a member 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. Mauu was raised in Fagaloa before moving to American Samoa. After returning to Samoa in the 1990s he opened a pizza shop, car rental business, and

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farm. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the

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, defeating four other candidates to win the seat of Vaa o Fonoti. Mau resigned from the HRPP on 25 November 2022 to become an independent, citing a request to do so by his constituents. Following a court challenge, their seats were declared vacant on 19 July 2023. He was subsequently endorsed as a FAST candidate in the resulting by-election. Mauʻu won with a commanding majority. His win, along with FAST victories in the simultaneous by-elections in the Siʻumu and Faleata No. 4 constituencies, handed FAST a two-thirds majority in parliament. Mauʻu was sworn back into parliament on 24 October 2023.

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