Mulipola Oliva

Leiataualesa Taupau Mulipola Oliva
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Aiga-ile-tai
In office
31 March 2006 – 4 March 2011
Preceded byLeva'a Sauaso
Succeeded byIfopo Matia Filisi
Personal details
Political partySamoan Democratic United Party
Tautua Samoa Party
Human Rights Protection Party

Leiataualesa Taupau Mulipola Oliva (born 1974)[1] is a Samoan politician and former member of the Samoan Parliament. When elected in 2006 he was Samoa's youngest MP.[1]

Oliva was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa as a Samoan Democratic United Party MP in the 2006 Samoan general election.[1] After the collapse of the SDUP he became a founding member of the Tautua Samoa Party, and in May 2009 was deemed to have resigned his seat by Speaker Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiʻataua.[2] He was reinstated by the Supreme Court in July 2009.[3] In September 2010 he asked to run as a Human Rights Protection Party candidate in the upcoming election.[4] He subsequently lost his seat in the 2011 election.

In July 2020 Oliva announced that he would contest Aiga-ile-tai in the April 2021 election as an HRPP candidate.[1] He was subsequently banished from a number of villages in the constituency for unstated reasons.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Soli Wilson (10 July 2020). "Leiataualesa Mulipola Oliva to recontest AIga-ile-tai". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. ^ "SAMOA MPS DISQUALIFIED, MUST FACE BY-ELECTION". Pacific Islands Report. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Samoa court reinstates nine MPs, cancels by-elections". Radio New Zealand. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  4. ^ Marieta Heidi Ilalio (2010-09-27). "MPs defect". Samoa Observer. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  5. ^ Soli Wilson (12 January 2021). "Candidate banishment issue divides Manono tai". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 13 January 2021.


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