Toomata Alapati Poese
Toomata Alapati Poese | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 24 April 2006 – 21 March 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi |
| Preceded by | Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa |
| Succeeded by | Magele Mauiliu Magele |
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | |
| In office 2005–2006 | |
| Member of the Samoa Parliament for Salega | |
| In office 1999 – 4 March 2011 | |
| Succeeded by | None (Constituency split) |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 20 April 2014 |
| Political party | Human Rights Protection Party |
Toomata Alapati Poese (~1950 - 20 April 2014) was a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He was a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Toomata was educated at the University of Hawaiʻi and worked as a lecturer at the School of Agriculture at the University of the South Pacific. He was first elected to the legislative Assembly of Samoa in a by-election in 1999. He was re-elected in the 2001 election and in 2005 was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.
He was re-elected at the 2006 election and appointed Minister of Education. In November 2009 he broke a leg in a car accident. He subsequently pleaded guilty to two charges of careless driving, and was fined US$150.
He lost his seat in the 2011 election.