| Fepuleai Semi | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Samoa Parliament for Salega | |
| In office 11 March 1982 – 26 February 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Leilua Manuao |
| Succeeded by | Leilua Manuao |
Fepuleai Seminary Iakopo is a former Samoan politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa from 1982 to 1988.
Fepuleai was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election in 1982. He gave his first speech on 28 February and 1 March 1983. He lost his seat at the 1988 election. He later moved to New Zealand, where he ran three companies providing labour to fruit and vegetable growers. In 1991 he was made a Justice of the peace. He was bankrupted between 1997 and 2000. In 2009 he was convicted of 46 counts of GST and income tax evasion involving more than $800,000 of unpaid tax, and sentenced to two year's home detention.
In August 2022 he supported New Zealand Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono's member's bill to repeal the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982, which had stripped Samoans of New Zealand citizenship.
References
- ^ Glenn McConnell (4 August 2022). "Green MP wants to repeal 'racist' law that revoked citizenship from Samoans". Stuff. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- "Saunoaga Faataupou a Sui Usufono 1961-2011" (PDF) (in Samoan). Parliament of Samoa. p. 17. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Samoan chief gets home detention over tax". Stuff. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- "Justice of the Peace Appointed" (PDF). New Zealand Gazette. 25 July 1991. p. 2435. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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