Mulitalo Siafausa Vui | |
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Minister of Communications and Information Technology | |
In office 24 April 2006 –16 August 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi |
Preceded by | Misa Telefoni Retzlaff |
Succeeded by | Safuneitu'uga Pa'aga Neri |
Minister of Health | |
In office 20 March 2001 –24 April 2006 | |
Preceded by | Misa Telefoni Retzlaff |
Succeeded by | Gatoloaifaana Amataga Alesana-Gidlow |
Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa | |
In office 1996 –20 March 2001 | |
Member of the Samoa Parliament for Fa'asaleleaga No. 4 | |
In office 26 April 1996 –16 August 2006 | |
Preceded by | Vui Viliamu |
Succeeded by | Vui Tupe Ioane |
Personal details | |
Died | 21 July 2013 Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole hospital,Apia,Samoa [1] |
Political party | Human Rights Protection Party |
Vaiotu Mulitalo Sealiimalietoa Siafausa Vui (1945 - 21 July 2013) [2] was a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister.
Vui was born in Lano,Samoa and had served as Commissioner of Police. [2] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 1996 election and served as Deputy Speaker. [3] He was re-elected in the 2001 election and appointed Minister of Health. [4] [5] As Health Minister he established the Kidney Foundation and a local dialysis unit. [1] [6] In September 2005 while Acting Prime Minister he attempted to crush strike action by local doctors by bringing in strikebreakers from New Zealand. [7] After a government inquiry into the doctors' grievances failed to recommend a pay rise,all public hospital doctors resigned. [8]
He was re-elected in the 2006 election and appointed Minister of Communications and Information Technology. [9] He was subsequently convicted of bribery and treating in an election petition brought by his defeated rival Sua Rimoni Ah Chong,and his election was declared void. [10] Vui threatened to sue the Attorney-General's office for failing to support him, [11] and encouraged the government to bring criminal charges against Ah Chong, [12] which ultimately resulted in his conviction. [13]
Vui was subsequently appointed Public Service Commissioner in October 2007. [14] In 2008 he appeared in court on charges of carrying a weapon after arming himself with a rifle during a land dispute. [15] He was eventually convicted and discharged. [16] In March 2009 he and his family were banished for life from the village of Vaimoso after bestowing a high-ranking matai title on members of his family without village permission. [17] The banishment was subsequently upheld by the lands and Titles Court. [18]
Vui ran again for the seat of Fa'asaleleaga No. 4 in the 2011 election,but was unsuccessful. [19]
In 2009 he was charged with 20 counts of indecent assault against a woman who worked for him. [20] The case was not made public as he was granted name suppression. [20] In July 2012 he was convicted on ten counts. [21] [22] [23] An initial sentence of a $3,000 fine was appealed, [20] and he was ultimately given a two-year suspended sentence. [24]
He died of heart failure at Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole hospital in Apia in July 2013. [1]
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