List of Samoans

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Samoan cabinet ministers and their portfolios 2011

  • Prime Minister - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
  • Deputy Prime Minister/Ministry of Trade, Commerce Industry & Labour Fonotoe Nuafesili Pierre Lauofo
  • Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries - Le Mamea Ropati
  • Minister of Communications and Information Technology- Tuisugaletaua Sofara Aveau
  • Minister of Education, Sports & Culture - Magele Mauiliu
  • Minister of Finance - Faumuina Liuga
  • Minister of Health - Tuitama Talalelei Tuitama
  • Minister of Justice - Fiame Naomi Mataafa
  • Minister of Natural Resources & Environment - Faamoetauloa Ulaitino Faale Tumaalii
  • Minister of Police, Prisons & Fire Services - Sala Fata Pinati
  • Minister of Revenue - Tuiloma Pule Lameko
  • Ministry of Women, Community & Social Developmnent - Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiataua
  • Minister of Works, Transport & Infrastructure - Manu'alesagalala Enokati Posala
  • Other Samoan cabinet ministers and their portfolios 2001-2006

  • Palusalue Faapo Minister of Communication & Information Technology: Samoa Broadcasting Corporation, Ministry of Works, Transport & Infrastructure (Transport Division), Port Authority, Samoa Shipping Corporation, Samoa Shipping Services Limited, Transport Control Board, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Public Service Commission, Samoa Broadcasting Corporation, SamoaTel, Savali & Public Relations, Associate Minister for Civil Aviation
  • Samoans

    The Samoan people are a Polynesian ethnic group of the Samoan Islands, sharing genetics, language, history and culture. Due to colonialism, the home islands are politically and geographically divided between the country of Samoa, official name Independent State of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa until country name change in 1997) and American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States.

    Samoans living in Samoa in 2006 were estimated at 188,000. The majority of ethnic Samoans now reside in other countries, primarily in the United States (180,000 in 2012),New Zealand (115,000 in 2001) and Australia (55,843 in 2011).

    Migration

    Although the Samoan Natives (Tagata Māo‘i) have long claimed to be the indigenous people of their islands — holding firm to the belief that Samoans were birthed by special creation in Samoa — it has been theorized by many linguists and anthropologists, based on linguistic commonalities as well as archaeological findings, that migrants from Southeast Asia arrived in the Samoan Islands approximately 3500 years ago, settling in what has come to be known as Polynesia further to the east. This approximation is based on the Lapita pottery that has been dated to that time.

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    American Samoans react to POTUS unleashing American commercial fishing in the Pacific

    Bitchute 19 Apr 2025
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    Westpac adds Hindi, Samoan, Tongan languages to ATMs

    RNZ 08 Apr 2025
    Westpac has added Hindi, Samoan and Tongan language options to all 373 of its ATMs to make banking more accessible for diverse communities ... More than 190 languages, including Hindi, Samoan, Tongan and Mandarin, were supported by Language Loop.
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    Samoan National Sentenced For Migrant Exploitation And Other Charges

    Scoop 07 Apr 2025
    The Michael Carley, Acting General Manager Immigration Compliance & Investigation says the individual would frequently travel to Samoa to recruit people to their painting business ... .
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    Samoan national sentenced for migrant exploitation and other charges (Immigration New Zealand)

    Public Technologies 07 Apr 2025
    The offences occurred between 2014 and 2021, when the individual, with the support of their associate, employed Samoan nationals unlawfully in New Zealand and supported others to breach their visa conditions.
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