Maulolo Tavita Amosa
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Sagaga No. 2
Assumed office
26 November 2021
Preceded bySeiuli Ueligitone Seiuli
Personal details
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party

Maulolo Leaula Tavita Uelese Amosa is a Samoan academic, public servant, and politician. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Maulolo was the first person to graduate with a Master's degree from the Amosa o Savavau (Indigenous University of Samoa).[1] He later worked as Head of Samoan Studies at the National University of Samoa,[2] as the Director of Internal Affairs, and as a lecturer at the Amosa o Savavau in American Samoa.[1] In 2010 he was Assistant Chief Executive of the Ministry of Women.[3] He is the author of Fausaga o lauga Samoa, a significant work on Samoan oratory.

In February 2019 he claimed that Samoa's diaspora was undermining traditional cultural values of respect and deference in Samoa.[4][5]

In July 2019 he was summoned for contempt of court for breaching a court order prohibiting construction on a piece of disputed land.[6]

Political career

Maulolo stood for election as an independent in the constituency of Sagaga-le-Usoga at the 2011 Samoan general election, but was unsuccessful.[7] He stood again in 2016[8] and 2021.[9] He was finally elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa at the 2021 Samoan by-elections.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "AMERICAN SAMOA UNIVERSITY TO TEACH IN SAMOAN". Pacific Islands Report. 13 January 2006. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "SAMOA'S PARAMOUNT FAMILIES ACCUSED OF SECRECY OVER HISTORY". Pacific Islands Report. 5 March 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "SAMOA OFFICIAL TO ATTEND COMMONWEALTH FORUM". Pacific Islands Report. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Concern over loss of ava fatafata in Samoa". Talanei. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Samoa's diaspora causing cultural friction back home". RNZ. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Joyetter Feagaimaali'i (5 July 2019). "Maulolo Tavita and Matua Toaloa summoned for contempt of Court". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "TC No. 6 –Sagaga-le-Usoga". Samoan Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "UPOLU - LIST OF TERRITORIAL CONSTITUENCIES - OFFICIAL RESULTS 2016". Office of the Electoral Commissioner. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "DECLARATION OF RESULTS OF GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON FRIDAY, 9TH DAY OF APRIL 2021" (PDF). Talamua. p. 3. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  10. ↑ Ganasavea Manuia Tafeaga (29 November 2021). "Maulolo Secures Sagaga 2 Seat by 63 Votes". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 5 December 2021.


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