Magele Mauiliu Magele | |
Office2: | Minister of Education, Sports and Culture |
Term Start2: | 21 March 2011 |
Term End2: | 4 March 2016 |
Primeminister2: | Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi |
Predecessor2: | Toomata Alapati Poese |
Successor2: | Keneti Sio |
Constituency Mp10: | Fa'asalele'aga No. 1 |
Parliament10: | Samoa |
Term Start10: | 4 March 2011 |
Term End10: | 4 March 2016 |
Predecessor10: | Tiata Pulufana Saunoa |
Successor10: | Gatoloaifaana Amataga Alesana-Gidlow |
Party: | Human Rights Protection Party |
Magele Mauiliu Magele is a former Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Magele is a former Vice Chancellor of the National University of Samoa.[1] He was first elected to the Fono at the 2011 Samoan general election, and appointed Minister of Education, Sports and Culture.[2] Following his election he was briefly suspended as a Minister pending the hearing of an electoral petition for bribery, but returned to work in May 2011.[3] In 2013 he was recognised by the World Education Congress for his "Outstanding Contribution to Education".[4]
Magele lost his seat at the 2016 election.[5] [6] Following his election loss he was appointed Trade & Investment Commissioner at the Samoan consulate in Auckland, New Zealand.[7]