Leota Laki Lamositele Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Leota Laki Lamositele
Office3:Minister of Commerce, Industry of Labour
Primeminister3:Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Term Start3:1 October 2023
Predecessor3:Leatinuu Wayne So'oialo
Office4:Minister of Women, Community and Social Development
Primeminister4:Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Term Start4:24 May 2021
Term End4:1 October 2023
Predecessor4:Faumuina Tiatia Liuga
Successor4:Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo
Constituency Mp15:Palauli No. 2
Parliament15:Samoan
Term Start15:9 April 2021
Predecessor15:Sili Epa Tuioti
Party:Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi

Leota Laki Lamositele-Sio is a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the FAST Party.[1]

Leota is a statistician, accountant and manager, who served as Director-General of the National Health Services.[2] After running unsuccessfully as an Independent in the 2016 election, he joined the Human Rights Protection Party.[3] In October 2020 he switched his allegiance to the FAST Party to contest the April 2021 Samoan general election.[2] While preliminary results showed him losing to another FAST candidate, the final result showed him ahead by 9 votes, and he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa.[3]

On 24 May 2021 he was appointed Minister of Women, Community and Social Development in the elected cabinet of Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa.[4] The appointment was disputed by the caretaker government. On 23 July 2021 the Court of Appeal ruled that the swearing-in ceremony was constitutional and binding, and that FAST had been the government since 24 May.[5] He was subsequently appointed Associate Minister of Finance, the first time an MP had held both ministerial and associate roles.[6]

In a cabinet reshuffle on 6 September 2023 he was replaced as Minister of Women, Community and Social Development by Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo. Leota was instead appointed Minister of Commerce, Industry of Labour, replacing Leatinuu Wayne So'oialo from 1 October 2023.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First FAST Cabinet Down to Work – When the Impossible Happens . Talamua Online . 5 September 2021. 29 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731032947/https://talamua.com/2021/07/30/first-fast-cabinet-down-to-work-when-the-impossible-happens/. 31 July 2021. dead.
  2. Web site: Former Health Director flies F.A.S.T. flag in Parliament bid . Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi . Samoa Observer . 19 September 2020 . 28 May 2021.
  3. Web site: Final count changes winner for Palauli No.2 seat . Samoa Observer . Joyetter Feagaimaali'i . 16 April 2021 . 28 May 2021.
  4. Web site: Fiame Sworn in as Prime Minister under Marquees on Parliament Grounds . Marieta H Ilalio . Samoa Global News . 25 May 2021 . 25 May 2021.
  5. Web site: F.A.S.T. declared new Government as appeal upheld . Samoa Observer . Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong . 23 July 2021 . 23 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Leota's historic combination of roles . Soli Wilson . Samoa Observer . 30 July 2021 . 30 July 2021.
  7. Web site: Samoa Prime Minister Announces Cabinet Reshuffle: New Finance Minister and Two Additional Ministers . Samoa Global News . 6 September 2023 . 6 September 2023.

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