Maulolo Tavita Amosa
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Maulolo Tavita Amosa | |
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| Member of the Samoa Parliament for Sagaga No. 2 | |
| Assumed office 26 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Seiuli Ueligitone Seiuli |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Human Rights Protection Party Samoa Uniting Party |
Maulolo Leaula Tavita Uelese Amosa is a Samoan academic, public servant, and politician. He is a member of the Samoa Uniting Party.
Maulolo was the first person to graduate with a Master's degree from the Amosa o Savavau (Indigenous University of Samoa).[1] He later worked as Head of Samoan Studies at the National University of Samoa,[2] as the Director of Internal Affairs, and as a lecturer at the Amosa o Savavau in American Samoa.[1] In 2010 he was Assistant Chief Executive of the Ministry of Women.[3] He is the author of Fausaga o lauga Samoa, a significant work on Samoan oratory.
In February 2019 he claimed that Samoa's diaspora was undermining traditional cultural values of respect and deference in Samoa.[4][5]
In July 2019 he was summoned for contempt of court for breaching a court order prohibiting construction on a piece of disputed land.[6]