Fonotoe Pierre Lauofo

Fonotoe Nuafesili Pierre Lauofo Meredith is a Samoan politician and former Deputy Prime Minister. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Fonotoe Pierre Lauofo
Lauofo in 2011
Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa
In office
21 March 2011 – 18 March 2016
Prime MinisterTuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Preceded byMisa Telefoni Retzlaff
Succeeded byFiame Naomi Mata'afa
Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce
In office
21 March 2011 – 18 March 2016
Succeeded byLautafi Fio Selafi Purcell
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Anoama'a Sisifo
Assumed office
18 March 2005
Preceded byTagaloa Sale Tagaloa
Personal details
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party

Lauofo was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in a by-election in 2005.[1] He was re-elected in the 2006 Samoan general election.

He was re-elected unopposed at the 2011 election after the candidate from the opposition Tautua Samoa Party was declared ineligible,[2] and appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce.[3] In January 2014 he was charged with obstructing police after instructing Associate Minister Muagututagata Peter Ah Him to drive away from a police breath test.[4] In April 2014 he was convicted,[5] and fined US$90.[6] The conviction was overturned in 2017.[7] In the intervening period Lauofo was re-elected in the 2016 election, but was not reappointed to Cabinet.[8][9]

Lauofo will be running again at the 2021 election.[10]

References
  1. "SAMOA VILLAGE PENALIZES FAMILY FOR VOTE". Pacific Islands Report. 24 March 2005. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. "Samoa head of state declares election of two unopposed HRPP candidates". RNZ. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. "Former opposition leader in Samoa joins new ruling party cabinet". RNZ. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. "Samoa Deputy PM and associate minister charged over traffic offences". RNZ. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  5. "Samoa court found deputy PM and his associate minister guilty". RNZ. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  6. "Convicted Samoa Deputy PM apologises". RNZ. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu (12 December 2017). "Conviction against former Deputy P.M. quashed". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  8. "Former Samoa deputy PM left out of cabinet". RNZ. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  9. "Former deputy PM left out of cabinet". Cook Islands News. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  10. Soli Wilson (23 October 2020). "The 200 to contest 2021 general election". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 26 November 2020.


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