Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiataua 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

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. He served as Speaker of the Samoan Legislative Assembly from 2006-2011. He was a member of 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 ...

. Leiataua was first elected to Parliament in

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and served briefly as Minister of Posts Office and Telecommunications before losing his seat in September of that year. He was re-elected in the 2001 general election and was appointed Deputy Speaker. In 2006 he became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Leiataua's term as Speaker was marked by battles to prevent the formation of parties to rival the HRRP. In 2009, following the formation of the

Tautua Samoa Party ) , flag = , website tautuasamoaparty.com The Tautua Samoa Party ( sm, Vaega Faaupufai le Tautua Samoa) is a political party in Samoa. The party's policies include economic development, particularly in the agricultural sector, public service r ...

, he invoked anti-party-hopping laws to evict all nine of its members from the House. The MP's were later reinstated by the

Supreme Court of Samoa The Supreme Court of Samoa () is the superior court dealing with the administration of justice in Samoa. It was established by Part VI of the Constitution of Samoa. It consists of the Chief Justice of Samoa and other judges as appointed by the He ...

. In 2010 the government passed new laws forbidding MPs from joining or declaring their support for political parties or organizations with political aims other than the party they were elected for. In March 2010 Speaker Leiataua invoked these laws to deprive three MPs of their seats for supporting Tautua Samoa. He was re-elected at the

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and appointed Minister of Women's Affairs. He lost his seat at the 2016 election. He had initially planned to run in the April 2021 election, but withdrew his candidacy in October 2020.

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