Niko Palamo | |
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| Member of the Samoa Parliament for Faleata East | |
| In office 4 March 2011 –4 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Patau'ave Etuale |
| Succeeded by | Salausa John Ah Ching |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Tautua Samoa Party |
| Born | Aveau Tuala Lepale Niko Faitala Palamo date of birth unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Notable relative(s) | Toetu Palamo,Mefi Palamo,Arona Palamo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aveau Tuala Lepale Niko Faitala Palamo is a Samoan rugby player,judge,politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the Tautua Samoa Party.
Aveau is a former Manu Samoa 15s and 7s rugby player and coach. [1] He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 2011 election,representing the constituency of Faleata East. [2] Aveau beat 3 other candidates from the villages of Vaimoso,Lepea and Vailoa to gain the seat,with a convincing win of more than 200 votes over the second place candidate from Lepea. He ran again in the 2016 election, [3] but was unsuccessful.
Following his departure from politics Palamo coached the Samoa women's national rugby union team. [4] In May 2018 he was appointed Director of the 2019 Pacific Games Committee, [5] but he resigned in November of that year due to differences with the committee. [6] [7]
In December 2019 Palamo was appointed as a judge of the Lands and Titles court. [8]