2025 in Samoa
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- O le Ao o le Malo: Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
- Prime Minister: Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (until 16 September); Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt (since 16 September)
Events
January
- 6 January – Mahonri Schwalger resigns as coach of the Samoa national rugby union team following allegations of sexual misconduct.[1]
- 10 January – Laauli Leuatea Schmidt is dismissed as agriculture and fisheries minister following allegations of misconduct.[2]
- 14 January – Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa dismisses Women, Community and Social Development minister Mulipola Anarosa Ale-Molio'o, Communication and Information Technology minister Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo and Commerce, Industry, and Labor minister Leota Laki Sio amid a dispute within her FAST Party.[3]
- 15 January – FAST party chair Laauli Leuatea Schmid expels Prime Minister Mata'afa and four other cabinet ministers from the party.[4]
- 23 January – Samoa and China sign a new visa exemption agreement.[5]
- 29 January – Authorities seize 10 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from a shipping container that arrived from the United States and arrest three people in what is reported as the "largest known drug smuggling operation" in the country.[6]
February
- 8 February – Miss Samoa's Litara Ieremia Allan wins the 2025 Miss Pacific Islands pageant in the Solomon Islands.[7]
- 12 February – The Samoan Government lifts a "precautionary zone" around the wreckage of HMNZS Manawanui following testing by the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa (SROS). However, a 2 km prohibition zone around the sunken ship remains in force.[8]
- 25 February – Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa survives a no-confidence motion filed against her in parliament by the Human Rights Protection Party.[9]
May
- 27 May – The government of Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa collapses after its budget is voted down by parliament.[10]
August
- 15 August — The Government announces changes to the school calendar after a dengue outbreak delays the opening of schools nationwide.[11]
- 29 August – 2025 Samoan general election: The FAST party wins a majority of 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Samoa, followed by the Human Rights Protection Party with 14.[12] Prime Minister Mata'afa's Samoa Uniting Party wins three seats, making her unable to retain the premiership.[13]
September
- 16 September — Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt of the FAST party is inaugurated as prime minister.[14]
October
- 6 October – The New Zealand government agrees to pay Samoa 10 million tala ($3.6 million) in compensation for the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui in 2024.[15]
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