Su'a Hellene Wallwork-Lamb | |
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Attorney-General of Samoa | |
Assumed office 4 September 2021 [lower-alpha 1] | |
Prime Minister | FiamēNaomi Mataʻafa |
Preceded by | Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | University of Auckland |
Su'a Hellene Wallwork-Lamb is a Samoan lawyer and jurist. Since September 2021 she has been Attorney-General of Samoa.
Su'a is from Lefaga [1] and was educated at the University of Auckland. [2] After working in the Office of the Attorney-General,she returned to New Zealand,where she worked for the New Zealand Police and the Commerce Commission and in private practice. [2] In 2013 she returned to Samoa and established a law firm with her husband. [2] In April 2016 she was appointed Sweden's Honorary Consul in Samoa. [3]
In March 2017 she was elected President of the Samoa Law Society. [4] [5] She served as vice-president for the next three years,and was elected president again in 2021. [1] As Vice-president of the society she fronted the society's submissions during the 2021 Samoan constitutional crisis,criticising O le Ao o le Malo Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II's attempt to stop parliament from meeting [6] and the Human Rights Protection Party's post-crisis attacks on the judiciary. [7]
She was appointed interim Attorney-General of Samoa on 4 September 2021,following the dismissal of Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale for failing to defend the judiciary. [2] She was sworn in on 8 September 2021. [8] [1] Cabinet appointed Su'a to a full term three-year term on 22 December 2022. [9]
She was awarded the title of Su'a by her village in 2008. [2] In December 2022 she was named one of the Samoa Observer's people of the year. [10]
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