Fepuleai Seminary Iakopo is a former Samoan politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa from 1982 to 1988.[1]
Fepuleai Semi | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Samoa Parliament for Salega | |
| In office 11 March 1982 – 26 February 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Leilua Manuao |
| Succeeded by | Leilua Manuao |
Fepuleai was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election in 1982. He gave his first speech on 28 February and 1 March 1983.[2] He lost his seat at the 1988 election. He later moved to New Zealand, where he ran three companies providing labour to fruit and vegetable growers.[3] In 1991 he was made a Justice of the peace.[4] He was bankrupted between 1997 and 2000.[3] In 2009 he was convicted of 46 counts of GST and income tax evasion involving more than $800,000 of unpaid tax, and sentenced to two year's home detention.[3]
In August 2022 he supported New Zealand Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono's member's bill to repeal the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982, which had stripped Samoans of New Zealand citizenship.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Glenn McConnell (4 August 2022). "Green MP wants to repeal 'racist' law that revoked citizenship from Samoans". Stuff. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Saunoaga Faataupou a Sui Usufono 1961-2011" (PDF) (in Samoan). Parliament of Samoa. p. 17. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Samoan chief gets home detention over tax". Stuff. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Justice of the Peace Appointed" (PDF). New Zealand Gazette. 25 July 1991. p. 2435. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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