Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo is a
Samoa
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n politician and former
Cabinet Minister
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. He is a member of the
Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi party.
Onesemo was educated at the
University of New South Wales
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in
Sydney
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,
Australia
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, obtaining a bachelor's and master's degree in civil engineering, as well as the
University of the South Pacific
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, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science and a teaching certificate.
He worked as a teacher in Samoa from 1994 to 1999, and since 2002 has served as a public servant.
[ In 2015 he was appointed chief executive of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure.][
He was first elected to the ]Legislative Assembly of Samoa
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in the April 2021 Samoan general election
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, winning the seat of Falealili No. 1.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 ...
. The appointment was disputed by the caretaker government. On 23 July 2021 the Court of Appeal ruled that the swearing-in ceremony was constitutional and binding, and that FAST had been the government since 24 May.Mauʻu Siaosi Puʻepuʻemai
Mauu Siaosi Puepuemai (born ca. 1972) is a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party.
Mauu was raised in Fagaloa before moving to American Samoa. After returning to Samoa in th ...
. On 15 January Mataʻafa was expelled from the FAST party and Toelupe was elected deputy chair.
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