Papali’i Tagaloatele Pasi Poloa (born ~1949) 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 Member 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 member of the FAST Party. Tagaloatele is from

Saleimoa Saleimoa is a small village on the Samoan island of Upolu. It is located on the northwestern coast of the island. The village is split into five sub-villages (Levi, Alamutu, Lotoso’a, Salepouae, and Nonoa) and has a total population of 3816. It i ...

and Aleisa and works as a sports administrator. In 2017 he was elected president of the Samoa Amateur Boxing Association in a contested AGM, leading to a court case which overturned the results. In 2018 he was elected president of the Samoa Boxing Federation. He ran for election in the

2021 Samoan general election General elections were held in Samoa on 9 April 2021 to determine the composition of the 17th Parliament. In March 2021, Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, a former member of the ruling Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) and a former Deputy Prime Minis ...

in the seat of Sagaga No. 4, but was unsuccessful. He subsequently challenged the winning candidate, Tuisa Tasi Patea, in an election petition, forcing him to step down. He was elected to 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 ...

in the resulting by-election, with a lead of over 400 votes on the preliminary count.

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Living people Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi politicians People from Gaga'emauga Year of birth missing (living people) {{Samoa-politician-stub