Faumuina Tiatia Liuga

Faumuina Tiatia Faaolatane Liuga (born 19 September 1945)[1] is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Faumuina Tiatia Faaolatane Liuga
Minister of Finance
In office
21 March 2011 – 26 April 2014
Prime MinisterTuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Preceded byNiko Lee Hang
Succeeded byTuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Minister of Natural Resources & Environment
In office
2006 – 21 March 2011
Succeeded byFaamoetauloa Ulaitino Faale Tumaalii
Minister of Works, Transport and Infrastructure
In office
2001–2006
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Palauli-Le-Falefa
Assumed office
2 March 2001
Preceded byLe Tagaloa Pita
Personal details
Born (1945-09-19) 19 September 1945
Papa i Palauli,
Western Samoa Trust Territory
(Now Samoa)
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party

Faumuina was born in Papa i Palauli and educated at Leulumoega Fou College Malua in Samoa.[1] He studied economics at the University of Samoa from 1982 to 1984, and in 1999 gained an MBA from the unaccredited Washington International University.[1] From 1967 to 1997 he worked for the United Nations Development Programme, serving in Samoa, the Philippines, Fiji, Sudan, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Pakistan. From 1997 to 1998 he worked as Chief Administrator for the UN Oil-for-Food Programme in Iraq.[1] Between 1999 and 2000 he served as Director of Administration for the UN mission to East Timor before serving as Chief Administrator of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Georgia.[1]

Faumuina was first elected to the Fono as MP for the seat of Palauli-Le-Falefa in the 2001 election. From 2001 to 2006 he served as Minister of Works, Transport and Infrastructure.[2] He was re-elected in 2006 and appointed Minister of Natural Resources & Environment. In 2007 he chaired the Pacific Games.[1] He was re-elected for a third time at the 2011 and appointed Minister of Finance.[3]

On 16 May 2013 Faumuina survived a caucus vote after fellow members of his party complained of mismanagement and misuse of funds.[4][5] In April 2014, Faumuina resigned, after some twenty years in Cabinet, following "allegations of abuse in the performance of his ministerial duties".[6] Prime Minister Malielegaoi took over the Finance portfolio himself.[7] Faumuina was subsequently appointed as Associate Minister for Natural Resources and Environment.[8]

In March 2016, in the leadup to the 2016 election, Faumuina was banished from his village after successfully challenging the eligibility of paramount chief Le Tagaloa Pita, who wished to run against him.[9] After he was re-elected he ran for deputy leader of the HRPP, but was defeated by Fiame Naomi Mata'afa in a caucus vote.[10] He was not appointed to Cabinet.[11]

Liuga will be running again at the 2021 election.[12]

References
  1. "Minister's profile". Samoa Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  2. "Faumuina Tiatia Liuga". Parliament of Samoa. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  3. "Former opposition leader in Samoa joins new ruling party cabinet". RNZ. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. Niccola Hazelman-Siona (2013-05-17). "Minister survives". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  5. "HRPP "has collapsed"?". Samoa Observer. 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  6. "Samoa Finance Minister resignation expected to mend party rift". RNZ. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  7. "Samoa's PM new head of Finance Ministry". RNZ. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  8. "Samoa's former finance minister appointed new role". RNZ. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  9. "Samoa village gives cabinet minister a life ban". RNZ. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  10. Lanuola Tusani Tupufia (6 March 2016). "Fiame topples Faumuina, elected Deputy Leader". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  11. "Samoa's former deputy PM left out". RNZ. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  12. Soli Wilson (23 October 2020). "The 200 to contest 2021 general election". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
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