Tea Tooala Peato | |
Constituency Mp12: | Fa'asalele'aga No. 4 |
Parliament12: | Samoan |
Term Start12: | 9 April 2021 |
Predecessor12: | Tofa Lio Foleni |
Constituency Mp13: | Fa'asalele'aga No. 3 |
Parliament13: | Samoan |
Term Start13: | 26 April 1996 |
Term End13: | 2 March 2001 |
Predecessor13: | Unasa Mesi Galo |
Successor13: | Unasa Mesi Galo |
Term Start14: | 27 February 1982 |
Term End14: | 26 February 1988 |
Predecessor14: | Leulu Laifaga |
Successor14: | Unasa Lio |
Party: | Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (2021–present) |
Otherparty: | Samoan National Development Party (1996–2001) |
Tea Tooala Peato (born ~1940)[1] is a Samoan politician.
Peato is from Sa'asa'ai in the district of Faʻasaleleaga and has worked as a businessman.[2] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa at the 1982 election.[1] He was re-elected at the 1985 election but lost his seat in 1988.[1] After taking a break from politics he ran again at the 1996 election and was elected for another term as a member of the Samoan National Development Party.[1] He lost his seat again at the 2001 election, and subsequently spent several years working in a hardware store.[1] He ran unsuccessfully at the 2016 election.[1]
Peato contested the April 2021 election as a candidate for the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi and was again elected to parliament according to preliminary results.[3] On 28 July 2021 he was appointed Associate Minister of Health.[4]