Gatoloaifaana Amataga Alesana-Gidlow

Gatoloaifaana Amataga Alesana-Gidlow is a Samoan politician, matai and former Cabinet Minister. She was appointed to her ministerial portfolio by Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi following the March 2006 General elections where she was elected for the first time. Her electoral constituency is Fa'asaleleaga No. 1,[1] part of the larger Fa'asaleleaga political district at the east end of Savai'i island. She was replaced as Minister of Health after the 2011 election.[2]

Gatoloaifaana Amataga Alesana-Gidlow
Gatoloaifaana Amataga Alesana-Gidlow in 2013
Minister of Health
In office
March 2006 – 21 March 2011
Prime MinisterTuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Succeeded byTuitama Talalelei Tuitama
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Fa'asaleleaga No. 1
Assumed office
31 March 2006
Personal details
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party

She is the daughter of former Prime Minister Tofilau Eti Alesana who also held the portfolio of Minister of Health under the Premiership of Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu’u II, the first Prime Minister of Samoa.

She is married to Rodger Gidlow and they own and run the Savaiian Hotel in Lalomalava on the north coast of Savai'i. She has also been a Director on the Board of the Samoa Tourism Authority.

See also

References
  1. "14th Parliament 2006 - 2011, Members of Parliament & Ministers". The Parliament of Samoa. Archived from the original on August 24, 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  2. "Dumped Samoa minister says she's happy on the back benches". RNZ. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2020.


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