Sala Fata Pinati

Sala Fata Pinati is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Sala Fata Pinati
Minister of Tourism
In office
30 June 2016 – 24 May 2021
Prime MinisterTuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Preceded byLautafi Fio Selafi Purcell
Succeeded byFiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Minister of Police
In office
21 March 2011 – 25 November 2016
Preceded byToleafoa Apulu Faafisi
Succeeded byTuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Minister of Prisons
In office
21 March 2011 – 30 June 2016
Preceded byToleafoa Apulu Faafisi
Succeeded byTialavea Tionisio Hunt
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Sagaga No. 3
Assumed office
9 April 2021
Preceded byNone (seat created)
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Gagaemauga No. 1
In office
31 March 2006 – 9 April 2021
Preceded byTuala Ainiu Iusitino
Succeeded byTuala Iosefo Ponifasio
Personal details
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party

Pinati was previously a member of the board of the Development Bank of Samoa.[1] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa at the 2006 Samoan general election, and appointed Associate Minister of Agriculture.[1] In 2007, he became Associate Minister of Education, and then from 2008 - 2010 he served as Associate Minister of Finance.[1] Following the 2011 election he was prosecuted for bribery, but the charge was later dropped.[2] In March 2011 he was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Police and Prisons.[3] During this term he separated management of prisons from the police, establishing an independent Samoa Prisons and Corrections Services.[4]

He was re-elected at the 2016 election,[5] and retained his position as Minister of Police and Prisons.[6][7] Following the election, he was again prosecuted for bribery,[8] but the charge was again withdrawn.[9] A Cabinet reshuffle in June 2016 saw him lose his Prisons portfolio to Tialavea Tionisio Hunt, instead becoming Minister of Tourism and the Public Trust Office.[10] A further reshuffle in November 2016 saw him lose his Police portfolio to Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi and pick up responsibility for the Audit Office and Bureau of Statistics.[11]

He ran in the newly-created Sagaga No. 3 electorate at the 2021 election and was elected.

References
  1. "Honourable Sala Fata Pinati". Government of Samoa. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. "Bribery claim against Samoa police minister dropped". RNZ. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  3. "Former opposition leader in Samoa joins new ruling party cabinet". RNZ. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  4. "Samoa plans to separate police and prison functions". RNZ. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  5. Diedre Fanene (7 March 2016). "Doing what needs to be done". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  6. "Many New Faces in Samoa Cabinet". Talanei. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  7. "Former Samoa deputy PM left out of cabinet". RNZ. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  8. "Several face election bribery charges in Samoa". RNZ. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  9. "Charges against Samoa cabinet minister dropped". RNZ. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  10. "Samoa PM reshuffles his cabinet". RNZ. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  11. "Samoa PM takes over police portfolio". RNZ. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2020.


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