Amituanai Fagaivalu Kenrick Samu

Amituanai Fagaivalu Kenrick Samu is a Samoan politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Amituanai Fagaivalu Kenrick Samu
Amituanai Fagaivalu Kenrick Samu in 2016
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Aleipata Itupa i Luga
Assumed office
29 July 2011
Preceded byTaua Kitiona Seuala
Personal details
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party

Samu was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election in 2011.[1] He was re-elected unopposed in the 2016 Samoan general election after his only rival was disqualified.[2][3] Following the election, he was appointed Associate Minister for Police and Prisons.[4]

In July 2019 he was charged with using offensive language, threatening words and being armed with a dangerous weapon over a land dispute in Lalomanu.[5][6]

References
  1. "Samoa ruling party sweeps by-elections". RNZ. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. "Samoa's ruling HRPP retains 4 seats ahead of the poll". RNZ. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. Pai Mulitalo Ale (25 February 2016). "P.M. victorious in Court battle". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. "Samoa's former deputy PM left out". RNZ. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. Joyetter Feagaimaali'i (30 July 2019). "Associate Minister Amituana'i Kenrick Samu charged". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  6. "Associate minister in Samoa charged with threatening behaviour". RNZ. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.


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