Faimalotoa Kika Stowers Explained

Faimalotoa Kika Stowers
Office3:Minister of Health
Primeminister3:Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi
Term Start3:27 April 2019
Term End3:24 May 2021
Predecessor3:Tuitama Talalelei Tuitama
Successor3:Valasi Toogamaga Tafito
Office4:Minister for Women, Community & Social Development
Term Start4:18 March 2016
Term End4:27 April 2019
Predecessor4:Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiʻataua
Successor4:Tuitama Talalelei Tuitama
Constituency Mp10:Gagaifomauga No. 1
Parliament5:Samoa
Term Start10:15 August 2014
Predecessor10:Tuilo'a Anitele'a Tuilo'a
Party:Human Rights Protection Party

Faimalotoa Kika Iemaima Stowers Ah Kau is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. She is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Stowers was educated at St. Mary’s College in Vaimoso,[1] before becoming a broadcaster for Radio 2AP, where she worked from 1968 to 2003 and rose to become Director of Broadcasting.[2] She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in a by-election in 2014.[3] She was re-elected in the 2016 Samoan general election and appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development.[1] [4] In November 2017 she allegedly assaulted another member of her family, and prosecution was contemplated.[5] [6]

In April 2019 she was replaced as Minister of Women, Community and Social Development by Tuitama Talalelei Tuitama in a cabinet reshuffle, taking up Tuitama's portfolio of Health.[7] As Minister of Health she led the response to the 2019 Samoa measles outbreak[8] and to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stowers was re-elected in the April 2021 election.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Many New Faces in Samoa Cabinet . Talanei . 22 March 2016 . 20 November 2020.
  2. Web site: Honourable Faimalotoa Kika Stowers-Ah Kau . Government of Samoa . 20 November 2020.
  3. Web site: Only woman candidate in Samoa by-election wins seat . RNZ . 16 August 2014 . 20 November 2020.
  4. Web site: Former Samoa deputy PM left out of cabinet . RNZ . 18 March 2016 . 20 November 2020.
  5. Web site: Samoa minister likely to face assault charges . RNZ . 23 November 2017 . 20 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Cabinet Minister mum on Police complaint . Deidre Tautua-Fanene . Samoa Observer . 21 November 2017 . 20 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Samoa prime minister reshuffles cabinet . RNZ . 25 April 2019 . 20 November 2020.
  8. Web site: Measles outbreak: Samoa declares state of emergency . RNZ . 16 November 2019 . 20 November 2020.
  9. Web site: Faimalotoa remains as top Gagaifomauga No.1 candidate . Soli Wilson . Samoa Observer . 10 April 2021 . 10 April 2021.