Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale

Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale is a Samoan lawyer and jurist. Since July 2020 she has served as Attorney General of Samoa. Previously she had served as the first female president of the Samoa Law Society.[1]

Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale
Attorney General of Samoa
Assumed office
22 July 2020
Prime MinisterTuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi
Preceded byLemalu Herman Retzlaff

Annandale was educated at the University of Central Queensland, graduating with a B.A. in history in 1991.[2] She then studied law at the University of the South Pacific, graduating with a law degree in 1997.[2] She worked as a public servant in New Zealand for the Department of Corrections, Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade before returning to Samoa to work for the Office of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration.[3] She then entered private practice with her husband Lauaki Jason Annandale and served as President of the Samoa Law Society until 2017.[4][5] In 2016 she called for judges of the Samoan Lands and Titles court to receive legal training.[6] During the COVID-19 pandemic she was appointed by Samoa's cabinet to sit on an advisory committee on the state of emergency.[2]

In July 2020 she was appointed Attorney-General for a term of three years, replacing Lemalu Herman Retzlaff.[4]

References
  1. "newSPLAsh: issue 9: WOMEN IN LAW IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC". South Pacific Lawyers Association. p. 2. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. Joyetter Feagaimaali'i (22 July 2020). "Savalenoa Mareva appointed new Attorney General". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. "Samoa Cabinet appoints Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale as new AG". Pacific Islands News Association. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. "Samoa appoints new Attorney-General". RNZ. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. "Su'a Hellene Wallwork new Samoa Law Society President". New Zealand Law Society. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  6. "Legally trained judges vital for Samoa lands court". RNZ. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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