Taefu Lemi

Taefu Lemi Taefu
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Falelatai and Samatau
In office
4 March 2011 – 9 April 2021
Preceded byMisa Telefoni
Succeeded byLupematasila Tologata Tile Leia
Personal details
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party

Taefu Lemi Taefu is a Samoan politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Taefu was educated at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics and accounting in 1991.[1] He worked as an accountant, as a tax inspector, and for the National University of Samoa and University of the South Pacific before entering politics.[1]

He was first elected to parliament in the 2011 election and appointed Associate Minister of Justice.[1] He was re-elected in the 2016 election and appointed Associate Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.[2][3] While an MP he served as chair of the Samoan chapter of the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption.[4] With other MPs he also trained as a lawyer, graduating with a Certificate in Civil Law from the University of the South Pacific.[5] He lost his seat in the 2021 election.

  1. ^ a b c "Hon. Taefu Lemi MP". GOPAC. 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Samoa PM Names 13 Associate Ministers". Talanei. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Samoa's former deputy PM left out". RNZ. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Samoa MPs to Bolster Anti-Corruption Efforts". AGORA. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  5. ^ Elizabeth Ah-Hi (15 June 2018). "Member of Parliament a law graduate". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 5 September 2021.