Tea Tooala Peato

Tea Tooala Peato
Member of the Samoan Parliament
for Fa'asalele'aga No. 4
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 April 2021
Preceded byTofa Lio Foleni
Member of the Samoan Parliament
for Fa'asalele'aga No. 3
In office
26 April 1996 – 2 March 2001
Preceded byUnasa Mesi Galo
Succeeded byUnasa Mesi Galo
In office
27 February 1982 – 26 February 1988
Preceded byLeulu Laifaga
Succeeded byUnasa Lio
Personal details
Political partyFaʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations		Samoan National Development Party (1996–2001)

Tea Tooala Peato (born ~1940)[1] is a Samoan politician.

Peato is from Sa'asa'ai in the district of Faʻasaleleaga and has worked as a businessman.[2] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa at the 1982 election.[1] He was re-elected at the 1985 election but lost his seat in 1988.[1] After taking a break from politics he ran again at the 1996 election and was elected for another term as a member of the Samoan National Development Party.[1] He lost his seat again at the 2001 election, and subsequently spent several years working in a hardware store.[1] He ran unsuccessfully at the 2016 election.[1]

Peato contested the April 2021 election as a candidate for the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi and was again elected to parliament according to preliminary results.[3] On 28 July 2021 he was appointed Associate Minister of Health.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi (10 November 2020). "Former M.P. Tea eyes one more Parliament stint". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. ^ Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi (29 July 2021). "Associate Minister "shocked", but honoured". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ^ Joyetter Feagaimaali'i (10 April 2021). "F.A.S.T. landslide victory in Fa'asaleleaga No.4". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  4. ^ Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (28 July 2021). "Cabinet announce eleven Associate Ministers". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 28 July 2021.