Vaovasamanaia Reginald Filipo (also known as Reginald Paul Phillips) (died 1993) was a

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n politician, Cabinet Minister, and Judge. He was the first Samoan appointed

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. Vaovasamanaia Reginald was the husband of Samoan politician Faimaala Filipo. He was elected to the

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in the 1973 election, winning the seat of Palauli West which had previously been held by his wife. In 1975 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of

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. He was re-elected at the 1976 election and appointed

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in the government of

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, a role he held until 1982. In May 1983 he was appointed Chief Justice by Prime Minister

Tofilau Eti Alesana Tofilau Eti Alesana (born ''Aualamalefalelima Alesana''; 4 June 1924 – 19 March 1999) was a Samoan politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Samoa from 1982 to 1985, and again from 1988 until his resignation in 1998. Biography B ...

, and resigned from the Fono. Filipo later served as

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in 1993, and died in office.

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Samoan judges Chief justices of Samoa Ministers of finance of Samoa Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa 1993 deaths {{Samoa-bio-stub