Toomata Alapati Poese (~1950 - 20 April 2014)[1][2] was a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister.
He was a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
[1] He was re-elected in the 2001 election and in 2005 was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.
[4] In November 2009 he broke a leg in a car accident.
[5] He subsequently pleaded guilty to two charges of careless driving,[6] and was fined US$150.