Tuilaepa aiono sailele malielegaoi biography of william

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          Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi

          Prime Minister of Samoa from 1998 to 2021

          SusugaTuilaʻepa Lupesoliai Neioti Aiono Saʻilele Malielegaoi (born 14 February 1944)[1] is a Samoan politician and economist who served as the sixth prime minister of Samoa from 1998 to 2021.

          Tuilaʻepa is Samoa's longest serving prime minister and was leader of the opposition from 2021 to 2022.

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          5. Since 1998, he has led the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP). Tuilaʻepa first entered parliament in 1981 when he won a by-election to represent the electorate of Lepā. He also served as deputy prime minister and minister of finance in the government of Prime Minister Tofilau Eti Alesana, and also held the portfolios of Tourism and Trade, Commerce & Industry.[2]

          Tuilaʻepa lost his majority in the 2021 election but refused to leave office, leading to the 2021 Samoan constitutional crisis.

          The crisis was resolved by Samoa's Court of Appeal on 23 July 2021, which ruled that Fiamē Naomi