| Niko Palamo | |
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| Member of the Samoa Parliament for Faleata East | |
| In office 4 March 2011 – 4 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Patau'ave Etuale |
| Succeeded by | Salausa John Ah Ching |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Tautua Samoa Party |
| Birth name | Aveau Tuala Lepale Niko Faitala Palamo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | date of birth unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Toetu Palamo, Mefi Palamo, Arona Palamo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aveau Tuala Lepale Niko Faitala Palamo is a Samoan rugby player, judge, politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the Tautua Samoa Party.
Aveau is a former Manu Samoa 15s and 7s rugby player and coach. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 2011 election, representing the constituency of Faleata East. Aveau beat 3 other candidates from the villages of Vaimoso, Lepea and Vailoa to gain the seat, with a convincing win of more than 200 votes over the second place candidate from Lepea. He ran again in the 2016 election, but was unsuccessful.
Following his departure from politics Palamo coached the Samoa women's national rugby union team. In May 2018 he was appointed Director of the 2019 Pacific Games Committee, but he resigned in November of that year due to differences with the committee.
In December 2019 Palamo was appointed as a judge of the Lands and Titles court.
References
- Mathew Lemisio (15 January 2008). "Rugby: Palamo new Coach for Manu Samoa". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- "Samoa election results coming in slowly". RNZ. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- Diedre Fanene (24 February 2016). "'Samoa needs new ideas'". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- Nefertiti Matatia (8 November 2017). "Manu Sina joins their brothers at Oceania Sevens". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- "Former Samoa MP Director of Pacific Games Committee". Fiji Times. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu (20 November 2018). "Games Director quits". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- "Director of Pacific Games Organizing Committee resigns". Talanei. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- "7 new Samoa Lands and Titles court judges to be sworn in". RNZ. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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Preceded by Michael Jones
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Samoa National Rugby Union Coach 2008-2009 |
Succeeded by Titimaea Tafua
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