Legislative Assembly of Samoa

Legislative Assembly of Samoa

Fono Aoao Faitulafono a Samoa
18th Parliament
Type
Type
History
Founded1 January 1962 (1962-01-01)
Leadership
Auapaʻau Mulipola Aloitafua, FAST
since 16 September 2025
Deputy Speaker
Afamasaga Leone Mati, FAST
since 16 September 2025
Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt, FAST
since 16 September 2025
Structure
Seats51
Political groups
Government (30)
  •   FAST (30)

Official opposition (14)

Others (6)

Vacant (1)

  •   Vacant (1)
Length of term
Up to 5 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
29 August 2025
Next election
By 2030
Meeting place
Maota, Tiafau, Apia
Website
www.palemene.ws

The Legislative Assembly (Samoan: Fono Aoao Faitulafono a Samoa), also known as the Parliament of Samoa (Samoan: Palemene o Samoa), is the national legislature of Samoa, seated at Apia, where the country's central administration is situated. Samoan Parliament is composed of two parts: the O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) and the Legislative Assembly. The 18th Parliament was inaugurated on 16 September 2025.

In the Samoan language, the Legislative Assembly of Samoa is sometimes referred to as the Samoan Fono while the government of the country is referred to as the Malo. The word fono is a Samoan and Polynesian term for councils or meetings great and small and applies to national assemblies and legislatures, as well as local village councils.

The modern government of Samoa exists on a national level alongside the country's fa'amatai indigenous chiefly system of governance and social organisation. The O le Ao o le Malo can summon and call together the Legislative Assembly, and can prorogue or dissolve Parliament, in order to either end a parliamentary session or call a general election on behalf of the Prime Minister of Samoa.