Patu Togi II Ativalu Vaimasanu’u Tunupopo (7 September 1941 — 6 November 2019) was 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 and Member of the

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. He was a member of the Samoan Democratic United Party and

Human Rights Protection Party The Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP, ) is a Samoan political party. It was founded in 1979 and dominated Samoan party politics for decades thereafter, leading every government until their defeat in 2021. Former Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele ...

. Patu was born in Vaiala. He worked for the Samoa Ports Authority, as a teacher, and then as a police officer, eventually rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent. He was a member of Samoa's rugby team at the

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. Ativalu was first elected to Parliament as a member of the Samoan Democratic United Party in the 2001 election, but he lost his seat at the 2006 election He initially filed an election petition against the victorious candidate, Anauli Pofitu Fesili, then dropped it. Following the death of Sililoto Tolo Tuaifaiva he contested and won the 2007 Vaimauga West by-election as a candidate for the Human Rights Protection Party. After the by-election, he was accused of bribery and treating, as well as accepting a US$25,000 bribe for withdrawing an election petition against the winner in the 2006 election, Anauli Pofitu Fesili. However, no election petition was filed. He lost his seat at the

2011 Samoan general election General elections were held in Samoa on 4 March 2011, to determine the composition of the 15th Parliament. Two parties contested the election, the ruling Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), which had been in power for most of the time since ...

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1941 births 2019 deaths People from Tuamasaga Samoan rugby union players Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa Human Rights Protection Party politicians Samoan Democratic United Party politicians {{Samoa-politician-stub