A'eau Peniamina is a matai and politician in Samoa. He is the Member of Parliament for the Falealupo electoral constituency on the island of Savai'i. He is a current member of the Tautua Samoa Party,[1] a new political party formed in 2008 comprising independent MPs in opposition to the dominant Human Rights Protection Party.
He is a former Speaker of the Samoan Legislative Assembly and a former deputy leader of the Samoan Democratic United Party (SDUP).
Peniamina was first elected to Parliament in the 1985 general election.[2] He served as Speaker of the Assembly from 1988 to 1991, before losing his seat at the 1991 election.[2]
He was re-elected to parliament in 2001, and again in 2006 as a candidate for the SDUP.[2] Following a split in the SDUP, the party was no longer recognized, and he became an independent MP.[3]
In 2005, Peniamina was accused of racism over remarks he made about Chinese immigrants but later moderated his comments.[4]