Tuisa Tulimasealii Tasi Patea 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. He is 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 ...

. Tuisa is a lawyer. He was first 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 2011 election and appointed Associate Minister of Police and Prisons. He lost his seat in

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. He subsequently returned to work as a lawyer. In 2018 he was censured by a District Court judge for giving poor advice to a client. He was re-elected in the newly created Sagaga No. 4 seat in the 2021 election. On 29 June 2021 he resigned as part of the settlement of an election petition. On 12 July 2021 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 ...

refused permission for the electoral petitions to be withdrawn in order to hear allegations of bribery and treating against Tuisa and FAST candidate Tagaloatele Poloa. The resignation became effective on 28 July. He subsequently contested the resulting by-election, but was unsuccessful.

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