Toleafoa Ken Vaafusuaga Poutoa | |
Constituency Mp5: | Lefaga and Falese'ela |
Parliament5: | Samoa |
Term Start5: | 4 March 2016 |
Term End5: | 19 January 2021 |
Predecessor5: | Le Mamea Ropati |
Successor5: | Masinalupe Makesi Masinalupe |
Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Party: | Human Rights Protection Party |
Va’afusuaga Toleafoa Sauafea Kenneth Mark Va’afusuaga Poutoa (1967/8[1] - 19 January 2021)[2] was a Samoan politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He was a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Poutoa was educated at Marist Brothers in Mulivai, St. Joseph’s College in Alafua, and the University of the South Pacific.[1] He later became a businessman and director of the Samoa Shipping Corporation. He was first elected to parliament at the 2016 election.[2] [3] In 2018 he was bestowed with the Va’afusuaga title.[4]
In January 2021 Poutoa traveled to Auckland, New Zealand, for medical treatment.[5] He died there on 19 January.[2]