Papaliʻi Asiata Fauatea Poumau MBE was a Western Samoan politician.

[4] In February 1961 he was appointed as the Samoan administrator of the referendum on independence and a new constitution.

2 constituency in the 1964 general elections, defeating incumbent MLA Tuilagi Simi by 68 votes to 63.

[1] However, he lost his seat in the 1967 elections,[7] losing to Leilua Iuliano by 78 votes to 64.

[6] He ran again in the 1970 elections, but finished fourth out of five candidates with only eleven votes.