Faʻasoʻotauloa Pati Taulapapa | |
Office4: | Minister of Lands and Environment |
Primeminister4: | Tofilau Eti Alesana |
Term Start4: | 1991 |
Term End4: | 1996 |
Constituency Mp5: | Gaga'emauga No. 2 |
Parliament5: | Samoan |
Term Start5: | 6 November 2015 |
Term End5: | 9 April 2021 |
Predecessor5: | Olo Fiti Vaai |
Successor5: | Seuamuli Fasi Toma |
Term Start6: | 5 April 1991 |
Term End6: | 31 March 2006 |
Predecessor6: | Faʻasoʻotauloa Pualagi |
Successor6: | Olo Fiti Vaai |
Party: | Human Rights Protection Party |
Faʻasoʻotauloa Pati Taulapapa is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Taulapapa lived in Wellington in the late 1960s, where he started a takeaway bar, and later ran a shop, taxis, and rental properties.[1] He returned to Samoa in 1985, became a farmer, and opened a bakery.[1]
He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa at the 1991 election as a candidate for the HRPP.[2] At one stage he served as Minister of Lands.[1] He lost his seat in the 2006 election, but regained it in 2016 after the incumbent switched seats. In March 2016 he was appointed Associate Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.[3] [4]
In January 2021 Taulapapa announced he was retiring from politics at the 2021 election.[5]