Safuneituʻuga Paʻaga Neri Explained

Safuneituʻuga Paʻaga Neri
Office4:Minister of Communication and Technology
Primeminister4:Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Term Start4:15 November 2006
Term End4:21 March 2011
Predecessor4:Mulitalo Siafausa Vui
Successor4:Tuisugaletaua Sofara Aveau
Constituency Mp15:Gagaifomauga No. 2
Parliament15:Samoa
Term Start15:2 March 2001
Term End15:4 March 2011
Predecessor15:Feo Nemaia Esau
Successor15:Soʻoalo Umi Feo Mene
Party:Human Rights Protection Party

Safuneituʻuga Paʻaga Neri is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. She was the third Samoan woman ever appointed to Cabinet. She is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Neri is from Safune on the island of Savaiʻi. She worked as an Education lecturer at the National University of Samoa.[1] She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa as an independent in the 2001 election.[1] She was re-elected in the 2006 election, and was appointed Minister of Communication and Technology following the removal from office of Mulitalo Siafausa Vui.[2] As Minister she planned the privatisation of the Samoa Broadcasting Corporation,[3] and of SamoaTel.[4]

She lost her seat in the 2011 election.[5] She later served as a member of the Public Service Commission from 2012 - 2018.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: THREE WOMEN IN SAMOA'S PARLIAMENT . Pacific Islands Report . 12 March 2001 . 14 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Samoa PM appoints woman MP as new minister . RNZ . 15 November 2006 . 14 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Privatising Samoa public broadcaster will lift standards, says government . RNZ . 6 June 2007 . 14 June 2021.
  4. Web site: GOVERNMENT PHONE SERVICE GOING PRIVATE IN SAMOA . Pacific Islands Report . 22 December 2010 . 14 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Tuilaepa says he looks forward to working with Tautua Samoa party . RNZ . 6 March 2011 . 14 June 2021.
  6. Web site: PSC BIDS FAREWELL TO ITS CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSION MEMBER . Samoa Public Service Commission . 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210303085535/https://www.psc.gov.ws/psc-bids-farewell-to-its-chairman-and-commission-member/ . 3 March 2021.