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POSITION:
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade Commerce Industry and Labour, Audit Office, Legislature, Tourism, Trade Negotiations – European Union (EU), World Trade Organisation (WTO), PICTA and PACER – Plus. Minister Responsible for Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), Small Business Enterprise Centre (SBEC), Samoa Shipping Services and Pacific Forum Line
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) – LLB(Hons) Senior Prize in Law 1972
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Samoa Society of Public Accountants (1979)
Elevated to Fellow Public Accountant (FPA) in 2009 by the Society of Accountants
PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
President in Office - African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) Region – Brussels August 2007 – 31 January 2008
Pro Chancellor (Elect) National University of Samoa – (1986 – 1998)
Komiti Tumau (Standing Committee) Methodist Church – (1996 – 2006)
AIDS Commission of the South Pacific – appointed Chairman 2008
Chairman – Small States Forum – (2002) Washington D.C – World Bank
Attorney General of Western Samoa – (1986 – 1988)
Member of Parliament (MP) for Falelatai and Samatau (1988 – present)
Minister of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries & Meteorology, Minister of Shipping – (1992 – 1996)
Minister of Health – (1996 – 2001)
Vice President – World Health Organisation (WHO) 1999
Deputy Leader Human Rights Protection Party – (12 March 2001)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance – (19 March 2001 - 2006)
World Bank / IMF / ADB Governor – (2001 – 2006)
Deputy Leader, Human Rights Protection Party – (reappointed 10 April 2006)
PUBLICATIONS:
Novel – “Love and Money” – (2004)
Writings – “To Thine Own Self Be True” – (2006)
Note: most of speeches listed hereunder are printed in this book
MATAI (CHIEF) TITLES:
Misa - 1984 (Matautu, Falelatai)
Lesamatauanuu - 1985 (Malaela, Aleipata)
Tugaga - 1986 (Faletagaloa, Safune)
SIGNATORY:
(Commonwealth) Latimer House Rules on Good Governance
Decent Work Agenda with ILO, Chamber of Commerce and Workers’ Representatives – (28 April 2009)
CONFERENCES:
Colloquium on Good Governance: Latimer House (UK) Commonwealth Secretariat (June 1998)
Inaugural FAO South Pacific Ministerial Conference (14 May 1996) - Chairman
FAO Asia – Pacific Regional Conference (14-18 May 1996) - Chairman
Commonwealth Law Conference, Kuala Lumber (1999) – Speaker
Annual Conferences FAO (Rome) – (1992 – 1996)
Annual Conferences WHO (Geneva) (1996 – 2001)
SPEECHES:
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Georgetown University
“Inaugural Peter Tali Coleman Lecture on Pacific Public Policy – Pathway to Small States Prosperity – A Role for America and the West”
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service – (30 September 2002)
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Manila
“Pacific States Development: The Role of the New Good Governance Agenda”
(2 August 2004)
World Food Day Speech Bangkok
Asia Pacific Region – (18 October 2005)
Auckland - Speech - “HIV/AIDS and the Law” (13 April 2007)
Germany – Berlin History Museum
“An Enduring Legacy – The German Influence in Samoan Culture and History”
(13 September 2007)
Xiamen China
Opening of Annual Xiamen Conference for Investors in China (7 September 2008)
Belgium, Brussels
Speech as President of the ACP Council of Ministers (21 November 2007)
Samoa
Launching of Tuiletufuga Enele’s CD - (07 April 2006)
Samoa - Colloquium Paper
“God’s Peace in the Samoan Cultural Context” – (28 December 2005)
Samoa – Pacific Speakers Convention
“Culture that Which Makes Life Worth Living” – (12 July 2005)
Australia
Blue Mountains Hotel School Graduation Address – (9 December 2004)
Samoa
Samoa Law Society Seminar – Law and Economic Development – (31 March 2004)
Samoa
50th Anniversary of Samoa College – Speech (11 December 2003)
New Zealand – Wellington
Pacific Health Leadership Program – (13 August 2001)
USA – Salt Lake City - Heritage Week
“Building Bridges to Diversity” – (28 July 2001)
ADB Manila
“The Pacific Plan, How to Make it Work” – (August 2006)
Samoa – National University of Samoa (NUS)
“Pacific People Practising the Pacific Way” – (January 2006)
Samoa – NUS
“Measina a Samoa” – (29 January 2002)
Marshall Islands – Majuro – Inauguration Address
“What Makes States Work: The Development and Reform Experience of Samoa Strong Cultural Foundation for a Successful Development and Reform Agenda”
(May 2007)
Samoa - Speech Opening of the AGM of the Samoa Medical Association
“Health Reforms Require Careful Consideration” – (29 April 1999)
Samoa - Naming Ceremony
Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital – (18 December 1998)
Samoa - Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Service – Lecture for 1998
“Stevenson’s Life with HJ Moors”
New Zealand – Auckland
“HIV/AIDS and the Law – Closing Address – Pasifika at the Cross Roads: Act Now or Follow South Africa’s Tragic Path” – (3 May 2007)
USA – Brigham Young University (BYU) Provo Utah
“The Constitutional Context of the Cultural Basis of the Introduction of Christianity to Samoa – Brigham Young University (BYU)– Samoa Culture and Christianity Conference” – (August 2002)
New Zealand – Auckland
“Official Launch of Procare Pacific Advisory Committee Ellerslie Centre"
NZ (12 July 2002)
Samoa – Opening Address
Pacific Island News Association Conference (PINA) – (28 July 2003)
Samoa – Exhibition Launch
“Fatu Feuu’s Odyssey Finds Peace” – (07 February 2009)
Belgium – Brussels
Fifth Meeting of the ACP Ministerial Trade Committee – (17 April 2002)
Samoa – USP Alafua Campus
“University of the South Pacific Graduation” – (02 December 2003)
New Zealand – Auckland University – Public Lecture under auspices of the Law Faculty and the Legal Research Foundation
“Pacific States Development – the Role of the New Good Governance Agenda” |
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