Sala Vaimili Uili II

Sala Vaimili Uili II
Minister of Health
In office
1991–1996
Prime MinisterTofilau Eti Alesana
Succeeded byMisa Telefoni Retzlaff
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Gaga'emauga No. 1
In office
5 April 1991 – 26 April 1996
Preceded byAuali'itia Pinati
Succeeded byTuala Falenaoti Tiresa
Personal details
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party
Tautua Samoa Party
F.A.S.T.

Sala Vaimili Uili II is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister.

Vaimili was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 1991 Western Samoan general election.[1] He served as Minister of Health from 1991 to 1996.[2] He lost his seat at the 1996 election.[1] He unsuccessfully ran for election again in 2001 and 2006. He ran as a candidate for the Tautua Samoa Party at the 2011 election.[3]

In May 2016 he was banished from the village of Leauva’a alongside two election candidates after supporting an election petition against incumbent MP Sala Fata Pinati.[4][5]

He contested the 2021 election as a candidate for the F.A.S.T. Party,[2] but was not elected. In August 2022 he was appointed to the board of the Samoa Ports Authority.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016" (PDF). Samoa Election Results Database. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (3 November 2020). "Former H.R.P.P. Cabinet Minister jumps ship". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Tautua Samoa party announces election candidates". RNZ. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  4. ^ Lanuola Tusani Tupufia (24 May 2016). "Election candidates banished". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Samoan chiefs banned from village affairs". RNZ. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  6. ^ Ganasavea Manuia Tafeaga (17 August 2022). "New Board Members Confirmed for State Owned Enterprises". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 16 August 2022.


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