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DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER / SUI PALEMIA
 
Name:   Fonotoe Nuafesili Pierre Lauofo
                   (aka: Pierre Fogatia Meredith)

Religion:
  
Catholic             

Marital Status:
  
Married

 Children: 4        
     

 
 

POSITION: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister In Charge of:

Ministry of Trade Commerce Industry and Labour,
Audit Office,
Legislative Assembly,
Polynesian Airlines,
Samoa Shipping Services and Pacific Forum Line.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

Trade Negotiations - WTO, ACP/EC, PACER, PICTA
Small Business Enterprise Centre
Consumer Protection

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:


Channel College - Samoa
Sacred Heart Auckland College - Auckland, New Zealand
Associate in Arts Degree, Long Beach - CA. USA

Bachelor of Laws, Otago University - New Zealand
Post Graduate Diploma in Corporate Law, Bond University - Queensland Australia.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Director - Peter Meredith & Company Ltd
Director - Lauofo Meti Properties Limited
Managing Director - Meredith 2010 Ltd
Managing Director - Shoreline Village Resorts Limited
State Solicitor - Attorney General's Office, Samoa
Principal - Meredith Law Office
Secretary for Justice (CEO) - Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration (1996 - 2001)

Former Vice President for Samoa Law Society
Chairman of the House Select Committee on:
-POLICE
-FIRE SERVICE
-LANDS AND TITLES
Member of the Select Committee for Foreign Affairs
Member of the Finance Select Committee

PARLIAMENTARY TERMS:

2005 - 2006 - Member of Parliament for Anoama'a West Constituency (By-Election)
2006 - 2011 - Re-elected as Member of Parliament for Anoama'a West Constituency
-Associate Minister for:
Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment
Samoa Land Corporation
Samoa Trust Estate Corporation
Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa
Samoa Sports Facilities Authority
2011 - PRESENT - Return to Parliament Unopposed (Anoama'a West Constituency)






   


 
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