What is Va'ai Papu Vailupe?
'''Va'ai Papu Vailupe''' (also known as '''Mafasolia Papu Vailupe''')<ref name=parlbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.ws/popup_mop.cfm?mop=049 |title=Va'ai Papu Vailupe |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Samoa |access-date=2010-03-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001213139/http://www.parliament.gov.ws/popup_mop.cfm?mop=049 |archive-date=1 October 2006 }}</ref> (died 17 January 2022)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/96765 |title=Parliament pays tribute to M.P.s who passed on |author=Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi |publisher=Samoa Observer |date=18 January 2022 |access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref> was a [[Samoa]]n politician. He was the leader of the [[Tautua Samoa Party]] from 2010 to 2011.<ref name=RNZLeader>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/194464/va'ai-papu-chosen-as-tautua-samoa-leader |title=Va'ai Papu chosen as Tautua Samoa leader |publisher=RNZ |date=22 December 2010 |access-date=13 June 2021}}</ref> His father is former Prime Minister [[Va'ai Kolone]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/85628 |title=H.R.P.P. reputation ruined: former Minister |author=Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi |publisher=Samoa Observer |date=13 June 2021 |access-date=13 June 2021}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Samoa]] between 1991 until 2001 and again from 2006 until 2011. Vailupe died in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]] on 17 January 2022.<ref name=SODeath>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/96757 |title=Former M.P. Vaai Papu Vaai passes on |publisher=Samoa Observer |author=Marc Membrere |date=17 January 2022 |access-date=17 January 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vailupe, Vaai Papu}} [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Samoan politicians]] {{bio-stub}}