Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi

Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Neioti Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (born 14 April 1945) is a Samoan politician. He was the Prime Minister of Samoa from 1998 until 2021. He became Opposition Leader in 2021 after refusing to say that he lost the 2021 election, causing the 2021 Samoan constitutional crisis.

He has also been Leader of the Leader of the Human Rights Protection Party since 1998, and is Samoa's longest serving head of government.

Tuila'epa was permanently suspended from the legislative assembly on 24 May 2022 for breach of parliamentary privileges and contempt of parliament. He later described his suspension as a "witch hunt".

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