Lautimuia Uelese Vaʻai
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Lautimuia Afoa Uelese Vaʻai (born 1968 or 1969) is a Samoan politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the FAST Party. He is a nephew of former Prime Minister Vaʻai Kolone.[2]
Lautimuia Uelese Vaʻai | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa |
| Preceded by | Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo |
| Member of the Samoan Parliament for Vaimauga 3 | |
| Assumed office 7 March 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Tapunuu Niko Lee Hang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 or 1969 (age 55–56)[1] |
| Political party | Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi |
Lautimuia is from the villages of Magiagi and Vaisala and trained as an accountant at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji and Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand.[3] He worked as a lecturer at the National University of Samoa and as a senior civil servant before being appointed chief executive of the Samoa Shipping Corporation in November 2017.[3][4]
He contested the 2016 Samoan general election in the Vaimauga West 1 Constituency as a candidate for the Human Rights Protection Party.[5]
In February 2023 he was selected as the FAST Party candidate for the 2023 Vaimauga 3 by-election.[1][2][6] He won the by-election, defeating his HRPP rival by 400 votes in the preliminary count.[7][8] He was sworn in as an MP on 7 March 2023.[9]
In a cabinet reshuffle on 6 September 2023 he was appointed Minister of Finance, replacing Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo from 1 October 2023.[10][11]
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