Faagasealii Sapoa Feagiai

Faagasealii Sapoa Feagiai
Member of the Samoan Parliament
for Aleipata-i-Lalo[a]
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 May 2022
Personal details
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party

Faagasealii Sapoa Feagiai is a Samoan politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. She is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party .

Fa'agaseali'i is a registered nurse who has previously worked for Samoa's National Kidney Foundation.[1] She has previously run unsuccessfully for election in the 2011[2] and 2016 elections.[3] She stood as a candidate in the 2021 Samoan by-elections in the seat of Aleipata-i-Lalo,[1] but was unsuccessful, losing to Titimaea Tafua by over 200 votes.[4] Following the by-election she was appointed to parliament under the women's quota as the second-highest-polling unsuccessful female candidate.[5] However, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly postponed her swearing in until all legal matters regarding it were addressed.[6] The Supreme Court later ruled against the speaker, and she was sworn in on 17 May 2022.[7]


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  1. ^ a b Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi (15 October 2021). "Nurse to take on former Manu coach". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. ^ "INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 4 MARCH 2011". Psephos. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. ^ Lanuola Tusani Tupufia (13 February 2016). "Lautafi returns unopposed". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  4. ^ Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong (26 November 2021). "Faleomavaega sweeps Aleipata-i-Lalo seat". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ^ Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong (29 November 2021). "H.R.P.P. wins two women seats in Parliament". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  6. ^ Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong (10 December 2021). "Speaker defers swearing-in of two women M.P.s". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  7. ^ Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong (17 May 2022). "New women M.P.s take their seats in the House". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 18 May 2022.