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Afoa Vaai

Politician

Afoa Vaai 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	Afoa Vaai · Olo Fiti Vaai · Tofa OLO Fiti Afoa Vaai				[sources]
Other name	Levaopolo Talatonu Vaai · Olo Fiti Afoa Vaai				[sources]
Birth date	not available				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Samoa				[sources]
Country	Samoa				[sources]
Citizenship	Samoa				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q97186497				[sources]
Position	Fono (member, 2016-) · Member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa · Minister of Works, Transport and Infrastructure (2021-)				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Samoan politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa	2016-03-16	2021-03-03
Minister of Works, Transport and Infrastructure	2021-05-24

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,228

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,645

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,256

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,111

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-samoa-olo-fiti-afoa-vaai-min-of-works-transport-infrastructure · evpo-a5159a21-4b87-47ea-97c2-e2680b35a24a · us-cia-samoa-olo-fiti-afoa-vaai-minister-of-works-transport-infrastructure

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