Tagaloatele Pasi Poloa

Papali’i Tagaloatele Pasi Poloa (born ~1949)[1] is a Samoan politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa.

Tagaloatele is from Saleimoa and Aleisa and works as a sports administrator.

[1] In 2017 he was elected president of the Samoa Amateur Boxing Association in a contested AGM, leading to a court case which overturned the results.

He subsequently challenged the winning candidate, Tuisa Tasi Patea, in an election petition, forcing him to step down.

[4] He was elected to the legislative Assembly of Samoa in the resulting by-election, with a lead of over 400 votes on the preliminary count.