Toomata Alapati Poese | |
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Minister of Education | |
In office 24 April 2006 –21 March 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi |
Preceded by | Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa |
Succeeded by | Magele Mauiliu Magele |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | |
In office 2005–2006 | |
Member of the Samoa Parliament for Salega | |
In office 1999 –4 March 2011 | |
Succeeded by | None (Constituency split) |
Personal details | |
Died | 20 April 2014 |
Political party | Human Rights Protection Party |
Toomata Alapati Poese (~1950 - 20 April 2014) [1] [2] was a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He was a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Toomata was educated at the University of Hawaiʻi and worked as a lecturer at the School of Agriculture at the University of the South Pacific. [1] He was first elected to the legislative Assembly of Samoa in a by-election in 1999. [1] He was re-elected in the 2001 election and in 2005 was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. [3]
He was re-elected at the 2006 election and appointed Minister of Education. [4] In November 2009 he broke a leg in a car accident. [5] He subsequently pleaded guilty to two charges of careless driving, [6] and was fined US$150. [7]
He lost his seat in the 2011 election. [8]
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