Le Mamea Ropati

Le Mamea Ropati
Member of the Council of Deputies
Assumed office
6 February 2016
Prime MinisterTuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
O le Ao o le MaloTupua Tamasese Efi
Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
In office
21 March 2011 – 6 February 2016
Prime MinisterTuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi
Preceded byTaua Kitiona Seuala
Succeeded byLa'auli Leuatea Polataivao[a]
Minister of Education
In office
1982–1985
Prime MinisterTofilau Eti Alesana
Minister of Lands Survey, Post Office and Broadcasting
In office
1982–1982
Prime MinisterVaʻai Kolone
Member of the Samoan Parliament
for Lefaga & Falese'ela
In office
5 April 1991 – 6 February 2016
Preceded byTuaopepe Fili
Succeeded byToleafoa Ken Vaafusuaga Poutoa
In office
24 February 1979 – 1988
Preceded byVaafusuaga Poutoa
Succeeded byTuaopepe Fili
Personal details
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party
Samoan National Development Party
Samoa Democratic United Party

Tuiletufuga Le Mamea Ropati Mualia is a Samoan politician, and member of the Council of Deputies. He has served as a Cabinet Minister, Leader of the Opposition and represented the constituency for Lefaga & Falese'ela for over thirty years. He was a founding member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Le Mamea was educated at Samoa College[1] and later studied pharmacy at the University of Otago, graduating in 1970 to become Samoa's first pharmacy graduate.[2] He worked as chief pharmacist at Cherry Farm Psychiatric Hospital in Hawksbury, New Zealand.[3] He returned to Samoa in 1971 and became chief pharmacist at Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital in Apia.[3]


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  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 5Tala was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Pai Mulitalo Ale (2 October 2016). "New start for Otago University in Samoa". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Distinguished Pacific alumnus returns for 150th anniversary weekend". University of Otago. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.