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Samiu Vaipulu

Politician

Samiu Vaipulu is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Samiu Kuita Vaipulu · Samiu Vaipulu · סמיו ואיפולו · 薩米烏·瓦普魯				[sources]
Other name	Samia Vaipulu · Samiu Kuita Vaipulu · Samiu Vaipulu				[sources]
Birth date	1952-12-24				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Tonga				[sources]
Country	Tonga				[sources]
Citizenship	Tonga				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3470867				[sources]
Position	Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga (2011-2014) · Legislative Assembly (member, 2014-2018) · Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga (2010-) · Minister for Trade and Economic Development (2019-2021) · Minister of Finance (2022-2022) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	University of the South Pacific				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Tongan politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Legislative Assembly	2014-12-29	2018
Minister of Finance

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,481

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-tonga-samiu-vaipulu-acting-prime-minister · evpo-afbf062f-c9af-4ac2-80c7-0ad15f39bc61 · us-cia-tonga-samiu-kuita-vaipulu-min-for-justice-prisons · us-cia-tonga-samiu-kuita-vaipulu-minister-for-justice-prisons · us-cia-tonga-samiu-kuita-vaipulu-min-for-trade-economic-development · NK-GdTWVHCh7wyfRWLa3b5tKy · us-cia-tonga-samiu-kuita-vaipulu-deputy-prime-minister

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