The Woman Who Unseated Samoa s Prime Minister of 20 years
Fiame Naomi Mata afa (above) unseated the world s second-longest serving prime minister - Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi - who has been ruling the country since 1998.
Source: The Pacific Community Thursday, 20 May 2021 07:28 AM
Samoa is set to get its first female prime minister, marking the end of unprecedented political drama in the small Pacific island nation.
On Monday, the Supreme Court finally validated Fiame Naomi Mata afa s shock April election win, ending weeks of political stalemate and calling off a re-run.
She unseated the world s second-longest serving prime minister - Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi - who has been ruling the country since 1998.
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By Andreas Illmer
image captionFiame Naomi Mata afa is set to become prime minister
Samoa is set to get its first female prime minister, marking the end of unprecedented political drama in the small Pacific island nation of 200,000 people.
On Monday, the Supreme Court finally validated Fiame Naomi Mata afa s shock April election win, ending weeks of political stalemate and calling off a re-run.
She unseated the world s second-longest serving prime minister - Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi - who has been ruling the country since 1998.
Observers have described the shakeup as Samoa s democracy coming of age.
Cracks in a decade-old system