# Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi

> He held Samoa's top office for 23 years, then lost an election and wouldn't leave — triggering a constitutional crisis that ended only when the courts forced him out and installed his successor.

*Prime Minister of Samoa from 1998 to 2021*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/tuilaepa-aiono-sailele-malielegaoi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1945-04-14
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, born 14 February 1944, is a Samoan economist who entered parliament in 1981 after winning a by-election for Lepā. He rose quickly to deputy prime minister and finance minister under Tofilau Eti Alesana, also holding tourism and trade portfolios. When Tofilau resigned in 1998, Tuilaepa became prime minister and leader of the Human Rights Protection Party, a position he held until 2021. After the HRPP lost its majority that year, he refused to concede, sparking a crisis resolved only when Samoa's Court of Appeal ruled on 23 July that Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa had been prime minister since May. He conceded three days later and became opposition leader — then was suspended indefinitely for contempt of parliament, a move he called a "witch hunt." The Supreme Court voided the suspension in September, but parliament reimposed it for 24 months in October, stripping him of the opposition role until another court ruling in July 2023 declared the suspension unconstitutional and returned him to the post.

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Academic, #Economics, #Politics, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuilaepa_Aiono_Sailele_Malielegaoi)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57723)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Tuilaepa%20Aiono%20Sailele%20Malielegaoi)
- [Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuilaepa_Aiono_Sailele_Malielegaoi)
- [Sailele Tuilaʻepa Malielegaoi](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailele_Tuila%CA%BBepa_Malielegaoi)
- [Τουιλαέπα Σαϊλέλε Μαλιελεγκαόι](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%AD%CF%80%CE%B1_%CE%A3%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%BB%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B5_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%8C%CE%B9)
- [Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuila%CA%BBepa_Sa%CA%BBilele_Malielegaoi)
- [Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuilaepa_Aiono_Sailele_Malielegaoi)
- [Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuila'epa_Sailele_Malielegaoi)
- [Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuilaepa_Sailele_Malielegaoi)
- [Tuila’epa Sailele Malielegaoi](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuila%E2%80%99epa_Sailele_Malielegaoi)
- [Sa'ilele Malielegaoi](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa'ilele_Malielegaoi)
- [Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuilaepa_Sailele_Malielegaoi)
- [טוילאפה איונו סייללה מליאלגאוי](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%90%D7%95%D7%99)
- [Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuilaepa_Aiono_Sailele_Malielegaoi)
- [Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuilaepa_Aiono_Sailele_Malielegaoi)
- [Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuilaepa_Aiono_Sailele_Malielegaoi)
- [Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi](https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuilaepa_Aiono_Sailele_Malielegaoi)
- [Sa'ilele Malielegaoi](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa'ilele_Malielegaoi)
- [トゥイラエパ・サイレレ・マリエレガオイ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A8%E3%83%91%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%82%A4)
- [투일라에파 사일렐레 말리엘레가오이](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%88%AC%EC%9D%BC%EB%9D%BC%EC%97%90%ED%8C%8C_%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%BC%EB%A0%90%EB%A0%88_%EB%A7%90%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%98%EB%A0%88%EA%B0%80%EC%98%A4%EC%9D%B4)
- [Sa'ilele Malielegaoi](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa'ilele_Malielegaoi)
- [Sailele Tuila'epa Malielegaoi](https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailele_Tuila'epa_Malielegaoi)
- [Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuilaepa_Aiono_Sailele_Malielegaoi)
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- [Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuilaepa_Aiono_Sailele_Malielegaoi)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sa'ilele_Malielegaoi)
- [تويلايپا ايونو سايليل ماليليجاوى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%BE%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%89)
- [Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuila'epa_Sailele_Malielegaoi)

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