Vaʻai Papu Vailupe

Vaʻai Papu Vailupe
Leader of the Tautua Samoa Party
In office
22 December 2010  19 May 2011
DeputyPalusalue Faʻapo II
Preceded byLealailepule Rimoni Aiafi
Succeeded byPalusalue Faʻapo II
Minister of Agriculture
In office
1998  20 March 2001
Prime MinisterTuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi
Succeeded byTuisugaletaua Sofara Aveau
Minister of Justice
In office
18 May 1996  3 June 1998
Prime MinisterTofilau Eti Alesana
Preceded byFuimaono Lotomau
Succeeded byMolioo Teofilo Vaeluaga
Member of the Samoan Parliament
In office
31 March 2006  2 May 2011
Preceded byMasoe Filisi
Succeeded byTufuga Gafoleata Faitua
ConstituencyVaisigano No. 1
In office
5 April 1991  2 March 2001
Preceded byAʻeau Peniamina
Succeeded byAʻeau Peniamina
ConstituencyFalealupo
Personal details
Born25 March 1944
Western Samoa Trust Territory
Died17 January 2022(2022-01-17) (aged 77)
New Zealand
Political partyTautua Samoa Party (from 2008)
Other political
affiliations
Human Rights Protection Party (until 2006)

Vaʻai Papu Vailupe (25 March 1944 – 17 January 2022), also known as Mafasolia Papu Vailupe, was a Samoan politician and accountant who served as a Cabinet Minister. He was the leader of the Tautua Samoa Party (TSP) from 2010 to 2011. His father was former Prime Minister Vaʻai Kolone, who co-founded the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP). His younger brother Asiata Saleʻimoa Vaʻai was leader of the Samoan Democratic United Party.