Su'a Hellene Wallwork-Lamb is a

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n lawyer and jurist. Since September 2021 she has been Attorney-General of Samoa. Su'a is from Lefaga and was educated at the

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. After working in the Office of the Attorney-General, she returned to

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, where she worked for the New Zealand Police and the

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and in private practice. In 2013 she returned to Samoa and established a law firm with her husband. In April 2016 she was appointed Sweden's Honorary Consul in Samoa. In March 2017 she was elected President of the Samoa Law Society. She served as vice-president for the next three years, and was elected president again in 2021. As Vice-president of the society she fronted the society's submissions during the

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, criticising ''

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Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II Afioga Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Eti Sualauvi II (born 29 April 1947) is a Samoan politician who is the current O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) of Samoa, in office since 2017. He was appointed to the Tama-a-ʻaiga title of Tuimalealiʻifa ...

's attempt to stop parliament from meeting and the

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's post-crisis attacks on the judiciary. She was appointed interim Attorney-General of Samoa on 4 September 2021, following the dismissal of Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale for failing to defend the judiciary. She was sworn in on 8 September 2021. Cabinet appointed Su'a to a full term three-year term on 22 December 2022. She was awarded the title of Su'a by her village in 2008. In December 2022 she was named one of the ''

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s people of the year.

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