Faimalotoa Kika Stowers
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Faimalotoa Kika Stowers | |
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 Faimalotoa Kika Stowers in 2013 | |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 27 April 2019 – 24 May 2021[a] | |
| Prime Minister | Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi |
| Preceded by | Tuitama Talalelei Tuitama |
| Succeeded by | Valasi Toogamaga Tafito |
| Minister for Women, Community & Social Development | |
| In office 18 March 2016 – 27 April 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiʻataua |
| Succeeded by | Tuitama Talalelei Tuitama |
| Member of Parliament for Gagaifomauga No. 1 | |
| Assumed office 15 August 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Tuilo'a Anitele'a Tuilo'a |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Human Rights Protection Party |
Faimalotoa Kika Iemaima Stowers Ah Kau is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. She is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Stowers was educated at St. Mary's College in Vaimoso,[1] before becoming a broadcaster for Radio 2AP, where she worked from 1968 to 2003 and rose to become Director of Broadcasting.[2] She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in a by-election in 2014.[3] She was re-elected in the 2016 Samoan general election and appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development.[1][4] In November 2017 she allegedly assaulted another member of her family, and prosecution was contemplated.[5][6]
In April 2019 she was replaced as Minister of Women, Community and Social Development by Tuitama Talalelei Tuitama in a cabinet reshuffle, taking up Tuitama's portfolio of Health.[7] As Minister of Health she led the response to the 2019 Samoa measles outbreak[8] and to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stowers was re-elected in the 2021 Samoan general election.[9] She retired from politics at the 2025 election.[10]
