Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo | |
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Minister of Communications and Information Technology | |
Assumed office 24 May 2021 [a] | |
Prime Minister | Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa |
Preceded by | Afamasaga Rico Tupai |
Member of the
Samoan Parliament for Falealili No. 1 | |
Assumed office 9 April 2021 | |
Preceded by | Aumua Isaia Lameko |
Personal details | |
Political party | Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi |
Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo is a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi party. [1]
Onesemo was educated at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, obtaining a bachelor's and master's degree in civil engineering, as well as the University of the South Pacific, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science and a teaching certificate. [2] He worked as a teacher in Samoa from 1994 to 1999, and since 2002 has served as a public servant. [2] In 2015 he was appointed chief executive of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure. [2]
He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the April 2021 Samoan general election, winning the seat of Falealili No. 1. [3]
On 24 May 2021 he was appointed Minister of Communications and Information Technology in the elected cabinet of Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa. [4] The appointment was disputed by the caretaker government. On 23 July 2021 the Court of Appeal ruled that the swearing-in ceremony was constitutional and binding, and that FAST had been the government since 24 May. [5]
Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo | |
---|---|
Minister of Communications and Information Technology | |
Assumed office 24 May 2021 [a] | |
Prime Minister | Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa |
Preceded by | Afamasaga Rico Tupai |
Member of the
Samoan Parliament for Falealili No. 1 | |
Assumed office 9 April 2021 | |
Preceded by | Aumua Isaia Lameko |
Personal details | |
Political party | Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi |
Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo is a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi party. [1]
Onesemo was educated at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, obtaining a bachelor's and master's degree in civil engineering, as well as the University of the South Pacific, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science and a teaching certificate. [2] He worked as a teacher in Samoa from 1994 to 1999, and since 2002 has served as a public servant. [2] In 2015 he was appointed chief executive of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure. [2]
He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the April 2021 Samoan general election, winning the seat of Falealili No. 1. [3]
On 24 May 2021 he was appointed Minister of Communications and Information Technology in the elected cabinet of Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa. [4] The appointment was disputed by the caretaker government. On 23 July 2021 the Court of Appeal ruled that the swearing-in ceremony was constitutional and binding, and that FAST had been the government since 24 May. [5]