Sala Fata Pinati
Sala Fata Pinati | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Tourism | |
| In office 30 June 2016 – 24 May 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi |
| Preceded by | Lautafi Fio Selafi Purcell |
| Succeeded by | Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa |
| Minister of Police | |
| In office 21 March 2011 – 25 November 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Toleafoa Apulu Faafisi |
| Succeeded by | Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi |
| Minister of Prisons | |
| In office 21 March 2011 – 30 June 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Toleafoa Apulu Faafisi |
| Succeeded by | Tialavea Tionisio Hunt |
| Member of the Samoa Parliament for Sagaga No. 3 | |
| Assumed office 9 April 2021 | |
| Preceded by | None (seat created) |
| Member of the Samoa Parliament for Gagaemauga No. 1 | |
| In office 31 March 2006 – 9 April 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Tuala Ainiu Iusitino |
| Succeeded by | Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Human Rights Protection Party |
Sala Fata Pinati is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Pinati was previously a member of the board of the Development Bank of Samoa.[1] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa at the 2006 Samoan general election, and appointed Associate Minister of Agriculture.[1] In 2007, he became Associate Minister of Education, and then from 2008 - 2010 he served as Associate Minister of Finance.[1] Following the 2011 election he was prosecuted for bribery, but the charge was later dropped.[2] In March 2011 he was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Police and Prisons.[3] During this term he separated management of prisons from the police, establishing an independent Samoa Prisons and Corrections Services.[4]
He was re-elected at the 2016 election,[5] and retained his position as Minister of Police and Prisons.[6][7] Following the election, he was again prosecuted for bribery,[8] but the charge was again withdrawn.[9] A Cabinet reshuffle in June 2016 saw him lose his Prisons portfolio to Tialavea Tionisio Hunt, instead becoming Minister of Tourism and the Public Trust Office.[10] A further reshuffle in November 2016 saw him lose his Police portfolio to Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi and pick up responsibility for the Audit Office and Bureau of Statistics.[11]
He ran in the newly-created Sagaga No. 3 electorate at the 2021 election and was elected.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Honourable Sala Fata Pinati". Government of Samoa. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Bribery claim against Samoa police minister dropped". RNZ. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Former opposition leader in Samoa joins new ruling party cabinet". RNZ. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Samoa plans to separate police and prison functions". RNZ. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Diedre Fanene (7 March 2016). "Doing what needs to be done". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Many New Faces in Samoa Cabinet". Talanei. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "Former Samoa deputy PM left out of cabinet". RNZ. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "Several face election bribery charges in Samoa". RNZ. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Charges against Samoa cabinet minister dropped". RNZ. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Samoa PM reshuffles his cabinet". RNZ. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Samoa PM takes over police portfolio". RNZ. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
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