Sala Fata Pinati | |
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Minister of Tourism | |
In office 30 June 2016 –24 May 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi |
Preceded by | Lautafi Fio Selafi Purcell |
Succeeded by | FiamēNaomi Mataʻafa |
Minister of Police | |
In office 21 March 2011 –25 November 2016 | |
Preceded by | Toleafoa Apulu Faafisi |
Succeeded by | Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi |
Minister of Prisons | |
In office 21 March 2011 –30 June 2016 | |
Preceded by | Toleafoa Apulu Faafisi |
Succeeded by | Tialavea Tionisio Hunt |
Member of the Samoa Parliament for Sagaga No. 3 | |
In office 9 April 2021 –29 August 2025 | |
Preceded by | None (seat created) |
Succeeded by | Sala Paulo Tuala Poto |
Member of the Samoa Parliament for Gagaemauga No. 1 | |
In office 31 March 2006 –9 April 2021 | |
Preceded by | Tuala Ainiu Iusitino |
Succeeded by | Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio |
Personal details | |
Political party | Human Rights Protection Party |
Sala Fata Pinati is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Pinati was previously a member of the board of the Development Bank of Samoa. [1] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa at the 2006 Samoan general election,and appointed Associate Minister of Agriculture. [1] In 2007,he became Associate Minister of Education,and then from 2008 - 2010 he served as Associate Minister of Finance. [1] Following the 2011 election he was prosecuted for bribery,but the charge was later dropped. [2] In March 2011 he was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Police and Prisons. [3] During this term he separated management of prisons from the police,establishing an independent Samoa Prisons and Corrections Services. [4]
He was re-elected at the 2016 election, [5] and retained his position as Minister of Police and Prisons. [6] [7] Following the election,he was again prosecuted for bribery, [8] but the charge was again withdrawn. [9] A Cabinet reshuffle in June 2016 saw him lose his Prisons portfolio to Tialavea Tionisio Hunt,instead becoming Minister of Tourism and the Public Trust Office. [10] A further reshuffle in November 2016 saw him lose his Police portfolio to Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi and pick up responsibility for the Audit Office and Bureau of Statistics. [11]
He ran in the newly created Sagaga No. 3 electorate at the 2021 election and was elected.