Prime Minister | Palemia

Prime Minister | Palemia

PRIME MINISTER

Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Neioti Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi

Honourable Prime Minister, Susuga Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has been in office for more than twenty years and is the leader of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Tuilaepa first entered Parliament in 1981 and is the Member of Parliament for the Lepa Constituency.

Tuilaepa was born in Lepa, Aleipata and educated at Marist Brothers School, Apia; St Joseph’s College, Lotopa before continuing his education at St Paul’s College in Auckland, New Zealand.  He attended the University of Auckland where he gained his Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Commerce degrees.

Before entering politics, Tuilaepa served in Government in the Department of Treasury and also as Expert Intra-ACP Trade, Transport & Communications with the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) General Secretariat in Brussels, Belgium. He holds Chairman positions in many organisations and corporations in Samoa as well as in international organisations.

Tuilaepa is married to Gillian Meredith, with whom he has eight children, and is a member of the Catholic faith in Samoa.

Ministerial Portfolio:

  • Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • Public Service Commission
  • Legislative Assembly
  • Office of the Attorney General
  • Office of the Ombudsman
  • Samoa Law Reform Commission
  • Samoa Bureau of Statistics
  • Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
  • Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA)

Other Responsibilities:

  • Executive Council
  • Honours and Awards
  • Non-Governmental Organisations
  • Scholarship Committee
  • Remuneration Tribunal
  • Cabinet Development Committee
  • Registry of Births/Deaths/Marriages
  • National Parks, Recreation and Water Conservation
  • National Disaster
  • Meteorology and Forestry

Matagaluega i lalo o lana vaavaaiga:

  • Matagaluega a le Palemia ma le Kapeneta (e aofia ai le Ofisa o le Kapeneta ma Mataupu tau Femalagaiga, Sooupu & Savali)
  • Matagaluega o le Va i Fafo ma Fefa’atauaiga
  • Komisi o Galuega a le Malo
  • Ofisa o le Fono Aoao Faitulafono
  • Ofisa o le Loia Sili a le Malo
  • Ofisa o le Komesina o Sulufaiga
  • Komisi o le Toe Fuataiga o Tulafono a Samoa
  • Fa’alapotopotoga o Fuainumera Fa’amauina
  • Matagaluega o Punaoa Faale-natura ma le Siosiomaga
  • Pulega o Tineimu ma Faalavelave Tutupu Faafuase’i

Isi Matāfaioi:

  • Fono Faatonu
  • Faailoga Taualoa
  • Faalapotopotoga e le o i lalo o le Malo
  • Komiti o Sikolasipi
  • Komisi Faapitoa o Totogi
  • Komiti Atinae a le Kapeneta
  • Fa’amaumauga o Tagata Fananau/Maliliu/Faaipoipoga
  • Eleele Faasaoina, Mataaga ma Suavai Faasaoina
  • Faalavelave Faafuase’i Matuia o le Natura
  • Vaaitau ma le Vaomatua