Samiu Vaipulu
Profile of Samiu Vaipulu
Current Peoples No.2 Representative for Vava’u and Chairman of the Committee of the Whole House
EDUCATION:
• University of the South Pacific
PARLIAMENT HISTORY:
• First elected to the House as Peoples Representative for Vava’u in 1987-1989
• Re-elected to the House in 1993-2001, 2005 to present
• Member of the Standing Committee on Legislation 2005
• Member of the Special Parliamentary National Committee of the Kingdom of Tonga on Political Reform in 2006
• Member of the Special Parliamentary Select Committee on Political Reform 2007
• Acting Chairman of the Committee of Whole House 2006-07
• Secretary General of APPU for many years
OTHER WORK HISTORY:
• Experienced Legal Practitioner and Commissioner of Oaths, prominent businessman and Investor
• Co-founder of the Whale watching venture in Vava’u
• Co-founder of Airlines Tonga Ltd
• Member of the Vava’u Tourism Association
PARLIAMENTARY VISITS:
- APPU Meetings 2001 - Member of the Parliament delegation who travelled to the Peoples Republic of China on a goodwill visit 2005
- Member of the Parliament delegation who travelled to the United Kingdom Parliament on a goodwill visit 2006
- Travelled in the National Committee throughout the Kingdom in gathering submissions from the public for political reform 2007
- Goodwill Parliamentary Visit to Peoples Republic of China.
