Seuula Ioane | |
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Minister of Education, Sports and Culture | |
Assumed office 24 May 2021 [a] | |
Prime Minister | Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa |
Preceded by | Loau Keneti Sio |
Member of the
Samoan Parliament for Alataua Sisifo | |
Assumed office 9 April 2021 | |
Preceded by | Ali'imalemanu Alofa Tuuau |
Personal details | |
Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
Political party | Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi |
Seuula Ioane Tuuau (born ~1957) [1] is a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the FAST Party. [2]
Seuula is from the village of Tufutafoe. [3] He is a former school teacher and principal, and served as principal of Tufutafoe Primary School for 20 years. [1] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the April 2021 Samoan general election, [4] defeating Ali'imalemanu Alofa Tuuau. [5] When Tuuau was declared elected under the women's quota on 20 April 2021, he was a party to the court challenge which saw her appointment overturned. [6] [7] [8]
On 24 May 2021 he was appointed Minister of Education, Sports and Culture in the elected cabinet of Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa. [9] The appointment was disputed by the caretaker government. On 23 July 2021 the Court of Appeal ruled that the swearing-in ceremony was constitutional and binding, and that FAST had been the government since 24 May. [10]
In October 2021 he graduated from the National University of Samoa with a Bachelors of Education. [3]
Seuula is married with six children and eight grandchildren. He is a member of the Assembly of God Church. [11]