Aveau Tuala Lepale Niko Faitala Palamo is a Samoan rugby player, judge, politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the Tautua Samoa Party.
Niko Palamo | |
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| Member of the Samoa Parliament for Faleata East | |
| In office 4 March 2011 – 4 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Patau'ave Etuale |
| Succeeded by | Salausa John Ah Ching |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Tautua Samoa Party |
| Birth name | Aveau Tuala Lepale Niko Faitala Palamo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | date of birth unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Toetu Palamo, Mefi Palamo, Arona Palamo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aveau is a former Manu Samoa 15s and 7s rugby player and coach.[1] He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 2011 election, representing the constituency of Faleata East.[2] Aveau beat 3 other candidates from the villages of Vaimoso, Lepea and Vailoa to gain the seat, with a convincing win of more than 200 votes over the second place candidate from Lepea. He ran again in the 2016 election,[3] but was unsuccessful.
Following his departure from politics Palamo coached the Samoa women's national rugby union team.[4] In May 2018 he was appointed Director of the 2019 Pacific Games Committee,[5] but he resigned in November of that year due to differences with the committee.[6][7]
In December 2019 Palamo was appointed as a judge of the Lands and Titles court.[8]
References
edit- ^ Mathew Lemisio (15 January 2008). "Rugby: Palamo new Coach for Manu Samoa". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Samoa election results coming in slowly". RNZ. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ Diedre Fanene (24 February 2016). "'Samoa needs new ideas'". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ Nefertiti Matatia (8 November 2017). "Manu Sina joins their brothers at Oceania Sevens". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Former Samoa MP Director of Pacific Games Committee". Fiji Times. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu (20 November 2018). "Games Director quits". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Director of Pacific Games Organizing Committee resigns". Talanei. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "7 new Samoa Lands and Titles court judges to be sworn in". RNZ. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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