Maulolo Tavita Amosa | |
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| Member of the Samoa Parliament for Sagaga No. 2 | |
| Assumed office 26 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Seiuli Ueligitone Seiuli |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Human Rights Protection Party Samoa Uniting Party |
Maulolo Leaula Tavita Uelese Amosa is a Samoan academic,public servant,and politician. He is a member of the Samoa Uniting Party.
Maulolo was the first person to graduate with a Master's degree from the Amosa o Savavau (Indigenous University of Samoa). [1] He later worked as Head of Samoan Studies at the National University of Samoa, [2] as the Director of Internal Affairs,and as a lecturer at the Amosa o Savavau in American Samoa. [1] In 2010 he was Assistant Chief Executive of the Ministry of Women. [3] He is the author of Fausaga o lauga Samoa,a significant work on Samoan oratory.
In February 2019 he claimed that Samoa's diaspora was undermining traditional cultural values of respect and deference in Samoa. [4] [5]
In July 2019 he was summoned for contempt of court for breaching a court order prohibiting construction on a piece of disputed land. [6]
Maulolo stood for election as an independent in the constituency of Sagaga-le-Usoga at the 2011 Samoan general election,but was unsuccessful. [7] He stood again in 2016 [8] and 2021. [9] He was finally elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa as a Human Rights Protection Party candidate at the 2021 Samoan by-elections. [10]
In December 2024 he was found guilty of contempt of court for defying a court order in a land dispute. [11] In February 2025 he was sentenced to a $2,000 fine. [12]
In February 2025 he defied his party to vote for amendments to the constitution which would undo the Land and Titles Bill,the only opposition MP to do so. [13] In May 2025 he broke ranks with the HRPP to vote in support of FiamēNaomi Mataʻafa's budget. [14]
On 30 May he announced he would leave the HRPP following the dissolution of parliament. [15] In June 2025 he joined the Samoa Uniting Party. [16]