Salausa John Ah Ching

Salausa John Ah Ching is a Samoan politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Salausa John Ah Ching
Member of the Samoa Parliament for Faleata Sasae
In office 4 March 2016 – 9 April 2021
Preceded by	Aveau Niko Palamo
Succeeded by	Manuleleua Paletasala Tovale
Personal details
Party	Human Rights Protection Party

Salausa trained as a doctor and worked as an ObGyn at LBJ Tropical Medical Center in American Samoa for 20 years.^[1] He moved to Samoa after retiring in 2011.^[2] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 2016 Samoan general election and appointed Associate Minister of Health.^[3][4] He lost his seat in the 2021 election. An election petition by him was struck out in June 2021.^[5]

Recognition

In 2017 he was awarded the P.S.R.H. President's Medal by the Pacific Society for Reproductive Health.^[2]