Aiono Fina'i Tile Gafa (born ~1961) is a

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n politician. He is a member of the

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. Aiono was educated at Fasito'o-uta Primary School and Leulumoega Fou College. He lived in

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and

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, then returned to Samoa in the 1980s, where he worked for the

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. He was first elected to the

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in the 2004 A'ana Alofi No 1 By-election. He was re-elected at the 2006 election. He lost his seat at the 2011 election. He stood unsuccessfully at the 2016 election, after which he lodged an electoral petition alleging corruption and bribery against Speaker of the House Leaupepe Toleafoa Faafisi. The petition was later withdrawn. He unsuccessfully contested the 2021 election. He was re-elected to Parliament in the

2021 Samoan by-elections Six simultaneous by-elections were held in Samoa on 26 November 2021. They were called in the aftermath of the 2021 Samoan general election, which resulted in seven seats being vacant due to resignations and convictions for bribery and treatin ...

, winning by just 19 votes.

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Living people 1961 births People from A'ana Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa Human Rights Protection Party politicians {{Samoa-politician-stub