Fuimaono Naoia Tei Explained

Constituency Mp15:Falealili
Parliament15:Samoa
Term Start15:31 March 2006
Term End15:4 March 2011
Predecessor15:Falealili Fuimaono Mimio
Successor15:Tusa Misi Tupuola
Party:Samoan Democratic United Party
Tautua Samoa Party

Fuimaono Naoia Tei is a Samoan politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. Elected as a member of the Samoan Democratic United Party, she later joined the Tautua Samoa Party.

Fuimaono is a businesswoman and the daughter of the former Cabinet Minister Falealili Fuimaono Mimio.[1]

She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoain the 2006 elections,[2] and was one of four women MPs at the time. In February 2007, SDUP deputy leader A'eau Peniamina left the party, and falsely claimed that Fuimaono had joined him.[3] In 2009, she formally announced that she had joined the newly formed Tautua Samoa Party. In May 2009, she was consequently expelled from Parliament by the Speaker, due to a rule prohibiting post-electoral party membership changes.[4] In July 2009 her expulsion from parliament was quashed by the Supreme Court of Samoa, who ruled that the formation of new parties by independents was legal.[5]

She lost her seat in the 2011 election.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Following in their fathers' foot steps into Samoa politics . Event Polynesia . 8 April 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710205830/http://www.eventpolynesia.com/news%26info/samoa/galleryarchive/SA2_page_gal02apr06.htm . 10 July 2011.
  2. Web site: Samoan election result final . RNZ . 18 April 2006 . 9 July 2022.
  3. Web site: Samoan woman MP denies leaving SDUP party . . 10 February 2007 . 9 July 2022.
  4. Web site: By-elections to be called in Samoa for nine vacant parliamentary seats . 1 June 2009 . RNZ . 9 July 2022.
  5. Web site: Samoa court reinstates nine MPs, cancels by-elections . RNZ . 2 July 2009 . 9 July 2022.