| Toomata Alapati Poese | |
| Office: | Minister of Education |
| Primeminister: | Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi |
| Term Start: | 24 April 2006 |
| Term End: | 21 March 2011 |
| Predecessor: | Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa |
| Successor: | Magele Mauiliu Magele |
| Office2: | Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
| Term Start2: | 2005 |
| Term End2: | 2006 |
| Constituency Mp15: | Salega |
| Parliament15: | Samoa |
| Term Start15: | 1999 |
| Term End15: | 4 March 2011 |
| Successor15: | None (Constituency split) |
| Death Date: | 20 April 2014 |
| Party: | Human Rights Protection Party |
Toomata Alapati Poese (~1950 - 20 April 2014)[1] [2] was a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He was a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Toomata was educated at the University of Hawaiʻi and worked as a lecturer at the School of Agriculture at the University of the South Pacific.[1] He was first elected to the legislative Assembly of Samoa in a by-election in 1999.[1] He was re-elected in the 2001 election and in 2005 was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.[3]
He was re-elected at the 2006 election and appointed Minister of Education.[4] In November 2009 he broke a leg in a car accident.[5] He subsequently pleaded guilty to two charges of careless driving,[6] and was fined US$150.[7]
He lost his seat in the 2011 election.[8]