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Fuimaono Naoia Tei

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Fuimaono Naoia Tei
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Falealili
In office
31 March 2006 – 4 March 2011
Preceded byFalealili Fuimaono Mimio
Succeeded byTusa Misi Tupuola
Personal details
Political partySamoan Democratic United Party
Tautua Samoa Party

Fuimaono Naoia Tei is a Samoan politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. Elected as a member of the Samoan Democratic United Party, she later joined the Tautua Samoa Party.

Fuimaono is a businesswoman and the daughter of the former Cabinet Minister Falealili Fuimaono Mimio.[1]

She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 2006 elections,[2] and was one of four women MPs at the time. In February 2007, SDUP deputy leader A'eau Peniamina left the party, and falsely claimed that Fuimaono had joined him.[3] In 2009, she formally announced that she had joined the newly formed Tautua Samoa Party. In May 2009, she was consequently expelled from Parliament by the Speaker, due to a rule prohibiting post-electoral party membership changes.[4] In July 2009, her expulsion from parliament was quashed by the Supreme Court of Samoa, who ruled that the formation of new parties by independents was legal.[5]

She lost her seat in the 2011 election.

References

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  1. ^ "Following in their fathers' foot steps into Samoa politics". Event Polynesia. 8 April 2006. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Samoan election result final". RNZ. 18 April 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Samoan woman MP denies leaving SDUP party". Radio New Zealand. 10 February 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ "By-elections to be called in Samoa for nine vacant parliamentary seats". RNZ. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Samoa court reinstates nine MPs, cancels by-elections". RNZ. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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