Faimalotoa Kika Stowers | |
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![]() Faimalotoa Kika Stowers in 2013 | |
Minister of Health | |
In office 27 April 2019 –24 May 2021 [a] | |
Prime Minister | Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi |
Preceded by | Tuitama Talalelei Tuitama |
Succeeded by | Valasi Toogamaga Tafito |
Minister for Women,Community &Social Development | |
In office 18 March 2016 –27 April 2019 | |
Preceded by | Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiʻataua |
Succeeded by | Tuitama Talalelei Tuitama |
Member of Parliament for Gagaifomauga No. 1 | |
Assumed office 15 August 2014 | |
Preceded by | Tuilo'a Anitele'a Tuilo'a |
Personal details | |
Political party | Human Rights Protection Party |
Faimalotoa Kika Iemaima Stowers Ah Kau is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. She is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Stowers was educated at St. Mary’s College in Vaimoso, [1] before becoming a broadcaster for Radio 2AP,where she worked from 1968 to 2003 and rose to become Director of Broadcasting. [2] She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in a by-election in 2014. [3] She was re-elected in the 2016 Samoan general election and appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development. [1] [4] In November 2017 she allegedly assaulted another member of her family,and prosecution was contemplated. [5] [6]
In April 2019 she was replaced as Minister of Women,Community and Social Development by Tuitama Talalelei Tuitama in a cabinet reshuffle,taking up Tuitama's portfolio of Health. [7] As Minister of Health she led the response to the 2019 Samoa measles outbreak [8] and to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stowers was re-elected in the 2021 Samoan general election. [9] She retired from politics at the 2025 election. [10]