Laki Mulipola Leiataua | |
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Member of the Samoa Parliament for Aiga i le Tai | |
In office 4 March 2016 –9 April 2021 | |
Preceded by | Ifopo Matia Filisi |
Succeeded by | Auapaau Mulipola Aloitafua |
Personal details | |
Political party | Human Rights Protection Party |
Laki Mulipola Leiataua (born ~1970) [1] is a Samoan politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Mulipola is from Salua on Manono Island. [1] He was educated at Salua Manono Primary School,A’ana Secondary School,Samoa College and the National University of Samoa. [1] He worked as a customs agent for nine years before starting his own freight forwarding business. In 2015 he was convicted and discharged of negligent driving causing death after a traffic incident. [2] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 2016 Samoan general election [1] and appointed Associate Minister of Finance. [3] [4]
He sought nomination for the 2021 election,but it was refused on the basis that his 2015 conviction made him ineligible to stand. [5] He subsequently withdrew a petition challenging this decision [2] and retired from parliament at the end of the term. [5] [6] In his final speech,he complained that the FAST Party campaigning in his electorate had caused him "sleepless nights". [7] [8]
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