Asiata Lagolago | |
Office1: | Minister for Agriculture |
Term1: | 1961–1964 |
Predecessor1: | Tualaulelei Mauri |
Successor1: | Laufili Time |
Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly |
Term2: | 1957–1973 |
Successor2: | Asiata Iakopo |
Constituency2: | Satupa'itea |
Birth Date: | 5 June 1914[1] |
Death Date: | 1973 (aged 58) |
Afioga Asiata Lagolago (5 June 1914 – 1973) was a Western Samoan politician. He served as Minister for Agriculture between 1961 and 1964, and as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1957 until his death in early 1973.
Lagolago worked as a teacher between 1934 and 1942.[2] He became a businessman, running a bus company and later cocoa and coconut plantations on Vaega.[3]
After being conferred with the Asiata title in 1956,[1] he was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1957.[2] He participated in the 1960 Constitutional Assembly and was one of the signatories of the constitution. After being re-elected in 1961 he was appointed Minister for Agriculture by Prime Minister Fiame Mata'afa.[4] Although he retained his seat in the 1964 elections, he was replaced as Minister of Agriculture by Laufili Time.[5] He subsequently chaired the Bills Committee and Public Accounts Committee,[2] and was re-elected in 1967 and 1970.[6]
Lagolago died shortly before the 1973 elections.[7]