Public Affairs Series: Prime Minister of Samoa The Hon Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa

Our upcoming Public Affairs Series talk features the Prime Minister of Samoa Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa who is currently Chair-in-Office of the Commonwealth. Hon. Mataʻafa was the first woman appointed to Cabinet and is the first woman to serve as Samoa’s Head of Government and also the nation’s first head of government not to be a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Hon. Mataʻafa was Minister of Education from 1991 to 2006, Minister of Women, Community and Social Development from 2006 to 2011 and Minister of Justice from 2011 to 2016. Hon. Mataʻafa served as Samoa’s first female Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of the Human Rights Protection Party from 2016 to 2020, resigning in opposition to the controversial Land and Tiles Bill. The following year she joined the newly founded FAST party and was unanimously elected its leader in March 2021.

Hon. Mataʻafa has represented Samoa on the executive board of UNESCO. From 2006 to 2012 she served as Pro-Chancellor and Chairperson of the University of the South Pacific. She is currently president of the Samoa National Council for Women.

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Public Affairs Series: Prime Minister of Samoa The Hon Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa

Our upcoming Public Affairs Series talk features the Prime Minister of Samoa Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa who is currently Chair-in-Office of the Commonwealth. Hon. Mataʻafa was the first woman appointed to Cabinet and is the first woman to serve as Samoa’s Head of Government and also the nation’s first head of government not to be a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Hon. Mataʻafa was Minister of Education from 1991 to 2006, Minister of Women, Community and Social Development from 2006 to 2011 and Minister of Justice from 2011 to 2016. Hon. Mataʻafa served as Samoa’s first female Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of the Human Rights Protection Party from 2016 to 2020, resigning in opposition to the controversial Land and Tiles Bill. The following year she joined the newly founded FAST party and was unanimously elected its leader in March 2021.

Hon. Mataʻafa has represented Samoa on the executive board of UNESCO. From 2006 to 2012 she served as Pro-Chancellor and Chairperson of the University of the South Pacific. She is currently president of the Samoa National Council for Women.

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Start Date: Wed. 12 March - 18:30
End Date: Wed. 12 March - 19:30
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Royal Over-Seas League

About This Event

Our upcoming Public Affairs Series talk features the Prime Minister of Samoa Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa who is currently Chair-in-Office of the Commonwealth. Hon. Mataʻafa was the first woman appointed to Cabinet and is the first woman to serve as Samoa’s Head of Government and also the nation’s first head of government not to be a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Hon. Mataʻafa was Minister of Education from 1991 to 2006, Minister of Women, Community and Social Development from 2006 to 2011 and Minister of Justice from 2011 to 2016. Hon. Mataʻafa served as Samoa’s first female Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of the Human Rights Protection Party from 2016 to 2020, resigning in opposition to the controversial Land and Tiles Bill. The following year she joined the newly founded FAST party and was unanimously elected its leader in March 2021.

Hon. Mataʻafa has represented Samoa on the executive board of UNESCO. From 2006 to 2012 she served as Pro-Chancellor and Chairperson of the University of the South Pacific. She is currently president of the Samoa National Council for Women.

The talk is open to ROSL members and their named guests only.

This talk will not be live streamed or recorded.

 

Map & Directions

By Tube

ROSL’s closest tube station is Green Park. Take exit marked Piccadilly, walk past the Ritz Hotel, and turn right onto Arlington Street. At the end of Arlington Street there are some steps, go down these steps and turn right where you will find the entrance courtyard to Over-Seas House.

By Bus

The following buses stop outside Green Park tube station on Piccadilly: numbers C2, 9, 14, 19, 22 and 38, running west to Hyde Park Corner, Victoria and Knightsbridge, and east to Piccadilly Circus and Holborn.

By Car

Travelling west on the A4 (Piccadilly), turn left onto St James’s Street and second right into Park Place cul-de-sac, Over-Seas House is at the end. If there is no space in the Over-Seas car park, alternative parking may be found in the NCP Car Park on Arlington Street off Piccadilly.

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