| Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiʻataua | |
| Office: | Minister of Women, Community and Social Development |
| Primeminister: | Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi |
| Term Start: | 18 March 2011 |
| Term End: | 4 March 2016 |
| Predecessor: | Fiame Naomi Mata'afa |
| Successor: | Faimalotoa Kika Stowers |
| Office2: | Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa |
| Term Start2: | 22 April 2006 |
| Term End2: | 18 March 2011 |
| Predecessor2: | Leaupepe Toleafoa Faafisi |
| Successor2: | Laauli Leuatea Polataivao |
| Office3: | Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa |
| Term Start3: | 2001 |
| Term End3: | 2006 |
| Office4: | Minister of Posts Office and Telecommunications |
| Primeminister4: | Tofilau Eti Alesana |
| Term Start4: | April 1996 |
| Term End4: | September 1996 |
| Constituency Mp5: | Aʻana Alofi No. 2 |
| Parliament5: | Samoa |
| Term Start5: | 2 March 2001 |
| Term End5: | 4 March 2016 |
| Predecessor5: | Muagututia Samuelu |
| Successor5: | Ili Setefano Taʻateo |
| Term Start6: | 26 April 1996 |
| Term End6: | September 1996 |
| Predecessor6: | Amiatu Sio |
| Successor6: | Muagututia Samuelu |
| Party: | Human Rights Protection Party |
Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiʻataua is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. He served as Speaker of the Samoan Legislative Assembly from 2006-2011. He was a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Leiʻataua was first elected to Parliament in 1996 and served briefly as Minister of Posts Office and Telecommunications before losing his seat in September of that year.[1] He was re-elected in the 2001 general election and was appointed Deputy Speaker.[1] In 2006 he became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
Leiʻataua's term as Speaker was marked by battles to prevent the formation of parties to rival the HRRP. In 2009, following the formation of the Tautua Samoa Party, he invoked anti-party-hopping laws to evict all nine of its members from the House.[2] The MP's were later reinstated by the Supreme Court of Samoa.[3] In 2010 the government passed new laws forbidding MPs from joining or declaring their support for political parties or organizations with political aims other than the party they were elected for.[4] In March 2010 Speaker Leiʻataua invoked these laws to deprive three MPs of their seats for supporting Tautua Samoa.[5]
He was re-elected at the 2011 and appointed Minister of Women's Affairs.[6] He lost his seat at the 2016 election.[7] He had initially planned to run in the April 2021 election, but withdrew his candidacy in October 2020.[8]