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The legal means to acquire nationality, formal legal membership in a nation, differ from the domestic relationship of rights and obligations between a national and the nation, known as citizenship. [4] [5] Samoan nationality is typically obtained either on the principle of jus soli (by birth in Samoa) or under the rules of jus sanguinis (by ...
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa were elected on 9 April 2021.According to preliminary results, the 51 members consisted of 25 representatives of Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST), 25 from the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), one from the Tautua Samoa Party and one independent.
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa were elected on 4 March 2016. The 50 members consisted of 35 representatives of the Human Rights Protection Party, two from the Tautua Samoa Party and 13 independents. [1] When Parliament convened, 47 members joined the Human Rights Protection Party faction and three sat as independents. [2]
Politics of Samoa Constitution Executive O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II Council of Deputies Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa Deputy Prime Minister Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio Cabinet Ministries Legislative Legislative Assembly Speaker: Papali’i Li’o Taeu Masipau Members Judiciary Court of Appeal of Samoa Supreme Court Chief Justice: Satiu ...
In the Samoan language, the Legislative Assembly of Samoa is sometimes referred to as the Samoan Fono while the government of the country is referred to as the Malo. The word fono is a Samoan and Polynesian term for councils or meetings great and small and applies to national assemblies and legislatures, as well as local village councils.
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa were elected on 2 March 2001. The 49 members consisted of 47 Samoans elected in one or two-member constituency and two 'individual voters' elected from a nationwide constituency.
On 18 March 2010, Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi, Palusalue Fa’apo II and Va'ai Papu Vailupe refused to deny they supported the Tautua Samoa Party, and as a result were deemed to have resigned their seats and new anti-party-hopping laws. [10] By-elections for the three seats were held on 14 May 2010, resulting in Fa’apo and Vailupe being re-elected.
Samoa has 15 government ministries, each of which is a department of the government. [1] [2] Each ministry is governed by a respective minister and has a Head of Department (CEO). The Prime Minister has the power to reassign and revoke ministers assignments to ministries.