Tea Tooala Peato | |
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Member of the Samoan Parliament for Fa'asalele'aga No. 4 | |
Assumed office 9 April 2021 | |
Preceded by | Tofa Lio Foleni |
Member of the Samoan Parliament for Fa'asalele'aga No. 3 | |
In office 26 April 1996 –2 March 2001 | |
Preceded by | Unasa Mesi Galo |
Succeeded by | Unasa Mesi Galo |
In office 27 February 1982 –26 February 1988 | |
Preceded by | Leulu Laifaga |
Succeeded by | Unasa Lio |
Personal details | |
Political party | Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (2021–present) |
Other political affiliations | Samoan National Development Party (1996–2001) |
Tea Tooala Peato (born ~1940) [1] is a Samoan politician.
Peato is from Sa'asa'ai in the district of Faʻasaleleaga and has worked as a businessman. [2] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa at the 1982 election. [1] He was re-elected at the 1985 election but lost his seat in 1988. [1] After taking a break from politics he ran again at the 1996 election and was elected for another term as a member of the Samoan National Development Party. [1] He lost his seat again at the 2001 election,and subsequently spent several years working in a hardware store. [1] He ran unsuccessfully at the 2016 election. [1]
Peato contested the April 2021 election as a candidate for the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi and was again elected to parliament according to preliminary results. [3] On 28 July 2021 he was appointed Associate Minister of Health. [4] On 17 January 2025 he was fired as an associate minister by prime minister FiamēNaomi Mataʻafa after supporting her expulsion from the FAST party. [5]
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