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Personal Information:
Born on May 21st, 1952

Education:

1977 Admitted as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

1969-1974 Auckland University Faculty of Law
Bachelor of Laws (with honors)―LLB (Hons)

1965-1969 King's College, Auckland, New Zealand
Kelliher Economics Scholarship NewZealand wide in

1969

1957-1964 Mulivai Catholic Primary School

Working Experience:

2006.04.18- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, Industry and Labor, Audit Office, Legislature, Tourism, European Union (EU), and World Trade Organization (WTO)

1996-2001 Minister of Health

1992-1996 Minister of State
Portfolios of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries & Meteorology, Minister of Shipping

1986-1988 Attorney General of Samoa

Member of the Parliament:

1988- Member of the Parliament
(for the District of Falelatai and Samatau)

2001.03- Deputy Leader of Human Rights Protection Party

International Activities (Excerpt):

2007.10 President of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP), Brussels

2007.04 Keynote speaker, HIV and The Law---Auckland Conference

2004.08 Invited Lecturer at Auckland University under the auspices of University of Auckland Faculty of Law and the Legal Research Foundation Incorporated

2002.09 Chairman, Small States Forum---World Bank

2002.09 Invited Lecturer, Inaugural Peter Tali Coleman Lecture on Pacific Public Policy---Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Preston Auditorium World Bank

1999 Conference Lecturer, Commonwealth Law Conference, Kuala Lumper
Paper---HIV/AIDS and the Law---Victims' Rights

1999 Vice President, World Health Organization

1996 Chairman, Inaugural FAO South Pacific Ministerial Conference

1995 Guest Speaker, International Council---Chartered Institute of Transport 3-5 October 1995, Christchurch, New Zealand
Theme: Transport and Aid---Can We Do Better?