2021 in Samoa

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Events in the year 2021 in Samoa .

Incumbents

• O le Ao o le Malo: Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
• Prime Minister: Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi (until 24 May), Fiamē Naomi Mata‘afa (from 24 May)

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa

• 9 April – The 2021 Samoan general election was held. ^[1]

Deaths

Masada Iosefa

• 19 January – Toleafoa Ken Vaafusuaga Poutoa, politician, MP (since 2016). ^[2]
• 25 January – Masada Iosefa, 32, rugby league player (Penrith Panthers, Wests Tigers, national team); traffic collision. ^[3]
• 27 January – Saini Lemamea, 56, rugby union player (national team). ^[4] (death announced on this date)

References

1. "Samoa's HRPP party faces stiff challenge as general voting begins". RNZ. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
2. M.P. Vaafusuaga Toleafoa Ken Poutoa passes away
3. Former Penrith and Tigers hooker Masada Iosefa dies after quad bike accident
4. Samoa mourns death of two sporting stars