Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa

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Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (pronounced [afɪoŋa fɪameː naomɪ mataʔafa]; born 29 April 1957) is a Samoan politician and High Chief (matai) who served as the seventh Prime Minister of Samoa from 2021 to 2025. She has led the Samoa Uniting Party (SUP) since 2025. The daughter of Samoa's first prime minister Fiamē Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II, Mataʻafa is the first woman to serve as Samoa's head of government. A member of the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) until 2020, she was the first woman appointed to Cabinet in Samoa's history. Mataʻafa was the Minister of Education from 1991 to 2006 in the governments of prime ministers Tofilau Eti Alesana and Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi. In addition, she was the Minister of Women from 2006 to 2011 and Minister of Justice from 2011 to 2016. Mataʻafa served as Samoa's first female deputy prime minister and deputy leader of the HRPP from 2016 to 2020, resigning in opposition to the controversial Land and Titles Bill. The following year she joined...

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