Maiava Fuimaono Tito Asafo is a

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...

n politician. He is a member of the FAST Party. Maiva ran a bus company before entering politics. He first ran for the

Legislative Assembly of Samoa The Legislative Assembly (), also known as the Parliament of Samoa (), is the national legislature of Samoa, seated at Apia, where the country's central administration is situated. Samoan Parliament is composed of two parts: the O le Ao o le M ...

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 ...

as one of two candidates for the FAST Party for Falealili No. 2, and was elected with a lead of 150 votes. On 17 January 2025 they were fired as an associate minister by prime minister

Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mataafa (; born 29 April 1957) is a Samoan politician and High Chief (''Faʻamatai, matai'') who has served as the seventh prime minister of Samoa, Prime Minister of Samoa since 2021. The daughter of Samoa's first Prime Mi ...

after supporting her expulsion from the FAST party.

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Living people Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Samoa-politician-stub