Taua Kitiona Seuala | |
Office: | Minister of Agriculture |
Term Start: | 24 April 2006 |
Term End: | 21 March 2011 |
Primeminister: | Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi |
Predecessor: | Tuisugaletaua Sofara Aveau |
Constituency Mp1: | Aleipata Itupa I Luga |
Parliament1: | Samoan |
Term Start1: | 26 April 1996 |
Term End1: | 16 May 2011 |
Predecessor1: | Toomalatai Lauvai II |
Successor1: | Amituanai Fagaivalu Kenrick Samu |
Death Date: | April 2013 |
Death Place: | Australia |
Party: | Human Rights Protection Party |
Taua Tavaga Kitiona Seuala (died April 2013)[1] was a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He was a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Taua was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 1996 election. he was re-elected in 2001 election. After being re-elected at the 2006 election he was appointed Minister of Agriculture.[2] In November 2009 it was alleged that aid following the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami was being directed to Taua's constituency at the expense of others.[3]
He was re-elected at the 2011 election but not reappointed to Cabinet.[4] His election was voided following an election petition, which found he had engaged in bribery and treating,[5] resulting in a by-election. He subsequently pleaded guilty to three criminal charges of bribery,[6] and was fined US$1000.[7] [8]