Legislative Assembly of Samoa

Joined the Commonwealth: 28 August 1970

CPA Branch formed: 1 January 1953

Unicameral/Bicameral: Unicameral (Fono – Legislative Assembly)

Parliament/Legislature website: Parliament of Samoa

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: 11

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees: Privileges and Ethics Committee; Standing Orders, Electoral, Petitions & Constitutional Offices Committee.

Recent Articles in The Parliamentarian:

• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue Four - CPA news: Tasmania and Samoa twinning clock unveiling at new Parliament Building
• The Parliamentarian 2018 Issue Four - Twinning Programmes between Tasmania and Samoa Parliaments - Hon M.T. (Rene) Hidding, MP, CPA Tasmania Branch
• The Parliamentarian 2018 Issue Four - Samoa NHRI: Contextualising contemporary human rights is crucial from the perspective of a small state - Samoa Human Rights Commission
• The Parliamentarian 2017 Issue Four - 63rd CPC: Small Branches conference workshops Plenary Session 2 - Parliamentary innovations in small jurisdictions in the face of financial and human resource challenges - Hon. Maluelue Tafua, MP CPA Samoa
• Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly, Constitutional Reform Secures Women's Future Political Aspirations in Samoa (Issue Three, 2013)