Whereas incumbent held on to energy, the Polynesian island nation could have a brand new PM: Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt.
Printed On 5 Sep 2025
The incumbent Fa’atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) celebration has been confirmed because the winner of the nationwide election in Samoa.
Official outcomes launched by the Samoan electoral fee on Friday confirmed that FAST received 30 out of the 50 seats contested. Nonetheless, Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa departed the celebration earlier this 12 months and shall be succeeded by new FAST chief Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt.
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The primary opposition Human Rights Safety Celebration received 14 seats. Unbiased candidates took one other 4.
The Samoa Uniting Celebration, shaped earlier this 12 months by Fiame – often called the “Iron Girl of the Pacific” – received solely three seats, together with her personal. She was expelled from FAST in January amid a factional dispute.
Rising costs had been cited as a key difficulty for voters within the nation of about 220,000 individuals.
Earlier than the election on August 29, in Apia, the Samoan capital, residents had instructed the Australian Broadcasting Company they have been trying ahead to political stability and wished the following authorities to deal with the economic system and jobs.
On Friday, Samoa’s head of state, Afioga Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, had issued a warrant confirming the names of the brand new lawmakers who will kind Samoa’s subsequent parliament.
5 girls have received seats. The Samoa Observer reported that below a ten p.c minimal illustration rule, not less than six girls should sit in parliament, necessitating the creation of an extra seat.
Fiame turned Samoa’s first feminine chief in 2021, successful an election that unseated Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi after 22 years.
She raised the worldwide profile of the nation by internet hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Authorities Meeting final 12 months, targeted on the impact of local weather change within the Pacific.
However after being unable to achieve sufficient help to move a finances, Fiame requested in June for parliament to be dissolved. She has been serving within the function of appearing prime minister since.
