Luagalau Levaula Kamu

Luagalau Levaula Kamu
Minister of Public Works
In office
26 April 1996 – 16 July 1999
Prime MinisterTofilau Eti Alesana
Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Preceded byLeafa Vitale
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Salega
In office
26 April 1996 – 16 July 1999
Succeeded byTapua'i To'ese
Personal details
Died16 July 1999
Apia
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party

Luagalau Levaula Kamu (died 16 July 1999) was a Samoan lawyer and Cabinet Minister. His 1999 assassination was the first political assassination in Samoa since independence in 1962.[1]

Kamu trained as a lawyer in New Zealand, at Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Auckland.[1] He served as a chairman of the Samoan Advisory Council in New Zealand, and had practised law in Samoa before entering parliament at the 1996 election. He was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Public Works by Prime Minister Tofilau Eti Alesana.[2]

Kamu was married to fellow MP Maiava Visekota Kamu-Peteru.

  1. ^ a b "SAMOAN GOVERNMENT MINISTER LUAGALAU ASSASSINATED". Pacific Islands Report. 19 July 1999. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. ^ "BACKGROUND: SAMOA MP LUAGALAU MURDERED BY GUNSHOT IN APIA". Pacific Islands Report. 20 July 1999. Retrieved 28 January 2021.