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]