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Nafoitoa Mataia Valu Tala'imanu Keti is a
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 ...
n politician and former Deputy Speaker of the
Legislative Assembly of Samoa The Legislative Assembly ( sm, Fono Aoao Faitulafono a Samoa), also known as the Parliament of Samoa ( sm, Palemene o Samoa), is the national legislature of Samoa, seated at Apia, where the country's central administration is situated. Samoan P ...
. He is a former member of the Human Rights Protection Party. Keti is a former police officer and assistant police commissioner. He was first elected to the legislative Assembly in the
2016 Samoan general election General elections were held in Samoa on 4 March 2016 to determine the composition of the 16th Parliament. Two parties contested the election, the ruling Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), led by prime minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielega ...
, and was appointed Deputy Speaker. In May 2019 he removed opposition MP
Olo Fiti Vaai Olo Fiti Afoa Vaai (formally known as Levaopolo Talatonu Vaai) is a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister who has served as the minister of Works, Transport and Infrastructure since 2021. Personal life Vaai was educated at Avele and Samoa Colle ...
from the Finance and Expenditure Committee after he criticised government spending decisions. In March 2021 Keti was accused on EFKS-TV of attempting to rape a fellow police officer in 2007 when he was a supervisor at the Faleolo Police Outpost. The TV station was subsequently raided, and his accuser arrested and charged with criminal libel. Keti's seat of Gagaemauga No. 3 was eliminated by boundary reforms in 2018. He stood in Gagaemauga No 2 at the April 2021 Samoan general election, but was unsuccessful.


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, - Living people Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa Human Rights Protection Party politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Samoa-politician-stub