Maulolo Tavita Amosa
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 |
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| Political 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). He later worked as Head of Samoan Studies at the National University of Samoa, as the Director of Internal Affairs, and as a lecturer at the Amosa o Savavau in American Samoa. In 2010 he was Assistant Chief Executive of the Ministry of Women. 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.
In July 2019 he was summoned for contempt of court for breaching a court order prohibiting construction on a piece of disputed land.