Afoa Amituanai Faleulu Mauli

Afoa Amituanai Faleulu Mauli is a Samoan politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Afoa Amituanai Faleulu Mauli
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Palauli Sisifo
Assumed office
4 March 2016
Preceded byAfoafouvale John Moors
Personal details
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party

Mauli was born in Sinamoga.[1] He worked in a bank and studied with the Samoa Institute of Accounting to become an accountant, before working for the University of the South Pacific in Fiji.[1] In 2008 he successfully sued the university for defamation after a report criticised him for inadequately performing as financial manager.[2] He later studied at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and joined the New Zealand Institute of Accountants.[1] He runs a motel and nightclub in Apia. From 2012 to 2016 he was chair of the Samoa Tourism Authority.[1]

He unsuccessfully ran for Parliament in the 2006 and 2011 elections, before being elected in 2016.[1] In May 2020, at the urging of his constituency, he was one of the few government MPs to speak out against the Land and Titles Bill.[3]

References
  1. Lanuola Tusani Tupufia (10 March 2016). "Third time lucky". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. "Defamation case in Samoa against University of the South Pacific succeeds". RNZ. 24 September 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. "Another HRRP MP in Samoa speaks out against govt bills". RNZ. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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