| Fonotoe Pierre Lauofo | |
| Office: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Primeminister: | Fiamē Naomi Mata‘afa |
| Term Start: | 27 January 2023 |
| Term End: | 5 July 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi |
| Successor: | Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi |
| Office2: | Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa |
| Term Start2: | 21 March 2011 |
| Term End2: | 18 March 2016 |
| Primeminister2: | Tuila‘epa Sa‘ilele Malielegaoi |
| Predecessor2: | Misa Telefoni Retzlaff |
| Successor2: | Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa |
| Office3: | Minister of Trade, Labour, Industry and Commerce |
| Primeminister3: | Tuila‘epa Sa‘ilele Malielegaoi |
| Term Start3: | 21 March 2011 |
| Term End3: | 18 March 2016 |
| Predecessor3: | Misa Telefoni Retzlaff |
| Successor3: | Lautafi Fio Selafi Purcell |
| Constituency Mp10: | Anoama‘a Sisifo |
| Parliament10: | Samoan |
| Term Start10: | 18 March 2005 |
| Predecessor10: | Tagaloa Sale Tagaloa |
| Party: | Human Rights Protection Party |
Fonotoe Nuafesili Pierre Lauofo Meredith is a Samoan politician who served as the leader of the opposition from January to July 2023. A former deputy prime minister, he is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Lauofo was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in a by-election in 2005.[1] He was re-elected in the 2006 Samoan general election.
He was re-elected unopposed at the 2011 election after the candidate from the opposition Tautua Samoa Party was declared ineligible,[2] and appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce.[3] In January 2014 he was charged with obstructing police after instructing Associate Minister Muagututagata Peter Ah Him to drive away from a police breath test.[4] In April 2014 he was convicted,[5] and fined US$90.[6] The conviction was overturned in 2017.[7] In the intervening period Lauofo was re-elected in the 2016 election, but was not reappointed to Cabinet.[8] [9]
Lauofo was re-elected at the 2021 election. Following the election, he was elected HRPP deputy leader.[10]
On 27 January 2023, parliament elected Fonotoe as opposition leader,[11] succeeding Tuila‘epa Sa‘ilele Malielegaoi whose tenure was terminated due to his suspension from the legislature.[12] After the suspension was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, Tuila‘epa again became opposition leader.[13]