Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo

Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo is a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi party.[1]

The Honourable
Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo
Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Assumed office
24 May 2021[lower-alpha 1]
Prime MinisterFiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Preceded byAfamasaga Rico Tupai
Member of the Samoan Parliament
for Falealili No. 1
Assumed office
9 April 2021
Preceded byAumua Isaia Lameko
Personal details
Political partyFa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi

Onesemo was educated at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, obtaining a bachelor's and master's degree in civil engineering, as well as the University of the South Pacific, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science and a teaching certificate.[2] He worked as a teacher in Samoa from 1994 to 1999, and since 2002 has served as a public servant.[2] In 2015 he was appointed chief executive of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure.[2]

He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the April 2021 Samoan general election, winning the seat of Falealili No. 1.[3]

On 24 May 2021 he was appointed Minister of Communications and Information Technology in the elected cabinet of Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa.[4] The appointment was disputed by the caretaker government. On 23 July 2021 the Court of Appeal ruled that the swearing-in ceremony was constitutional and binding, and that FAST had been the government since 24 May.[5]

Notes
  1. Disputed: 24 May 2021 – 23 July 2021

References
  1. "First FAST Cabinet Down to Work – When the Impossible Happens". Talamua Online. 29 July 2021. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. Soli Wilson (28 October 2020). "Former Works C.E.O. eyes seat in Parliament". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. Soli Wilson (15 April 2021). "Former M.W.T.I. chief takes Falealili No.1". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  4. Marieta H Ilalio (25 May 2021). "Fiame Sworn in as Prime Minister under Marquees on Parliament Grounds". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (23 July 2021). "F.A.S.T. declared new Government as appeal upheld". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 23 July 2021.


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