Salausa John Ah Ching | |
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Member of the Samoa Parliament for Faleata Sasae | |
In office 4 March 2016 –9 April 2021 | |
Preceded by | Aveau Niko Palamo |
Succeeded by | Manuleleua Paletasala Tovale |
Personal details | |
Political party | Human Rights Protection Party |
Salausa John Ah Ching is a Samoan politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Salausa trained as a doctor and worked as an ObGyn at LBJ Tropical Medical Center in American Samoa for 20 years. [1] He moved to Samoa after retiring in 2011. [2] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 2016 Samoan general election and appointed Associate Minister of Health. [3] [4] He lost his seat in the 2021 election. An election petition by him was struck out in June 2021. [5]
In 2017 he was awarded the P.S.R.H. President's Medal by the Pacific Society for Reproductive Health. [2]
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