Tuifa'asisina Misa Lisati

Tuifa'asisina Misa Lisati Leleisiuao Palemene is a Samoan politician and former member of the Samoan Parliament. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Tuifa'asisina Misa Lisati
Member of the Samoan Parliament
for Palauli East
In office
4 March 2016  9 April 2021
Preceded byAfoafouvale John Moors
Succeeded byLagaaia Tiatuau Tufuga
Personal details
Political partyHuman Rights Protection Party

Lisati first ran for parliament in the 2011 Samoan general election, losing by 17 votes.[1] He was elected in the 2016 election and appointed Associate Minister for Public Enterprises.[2]

In November 2020 Lisati's brother Aiolupotea Toni Leleisiuao was nominated as a candidate for the April 2021 election. Lisati challenged the nomination in court,[3] and was banished from his village of Vailoa as a result.[1] He lost his seat in the 2021 election.[4]

References

  1. Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (17 November 2020). "Vailoa Palauli banishes Associate Minister". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. Lanuola Tusani Tupufia (25 March 2016). "P.M names his 13 Associate Ministers". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (17 November 2020). "Brothers in election court showdown". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi (14 April 2021). "Laga'aia conquers in Palauli No. 3 race". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 29 July 2021.


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