ACADEMIC HISTORY:
Primary - Malifa Government Primary School (Western Samoa)
Secondary - Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, (Wellington, New Zealand)
Tertiary - Victoria University, Wellington
New Zealand (1976 - 1979) - Political Science.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Matai Responsibilities
TERMS IN OFFICE AS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND CABINET MINISTERS:
1985 - 1987
Member of Parliament (Lotofaga District) 3 - year term
1988 - 1990
Re-elected Member of Parliament for Lotofaga District.
Appointed Parliamentay Under - Secretary for Finance
1991 - 1996
Member of Parliament for Lotofaga District
Minister of Education
1991 - 1992
Held Ministerial portfolio of Youth, Sports and Culture, Museum and Archives Labour (Accident Compensation Board)
1991 - 1996
Re-elected as Member of Parliament for Lotofaga District
Minister of Education
1996 - 2001
Re-elected Member of Parliament for Lotofaga District
Minister of Education
2001 - 2006
Re-elected Member of Parliament for Lotofaga District.
Minister of Education, Sports and Culture.
2006 - present (2010)
Re-elected M.P for Lotofaga District
Minister for Women, Community and Social Development,
Public Service Commission,
Salaries Tribunal,
Ombudsman’s Office
MINISTRIES IN CHARGE OF:
1991 - 2006
Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture.
2006 - present (2010)
Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development,
Public Service Commission
Salaries Tribunal
Ombudsman’s Office
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
2006 - present (2010)
Pro-Chancellor and Chair of the Council of the University of the South Pacific, Suva Fiji. President of the National Council of Women
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