Tuiloma Pule Lameko
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| Member of the Council of Deputies | |
| In office 6 February 2016 – 2 April 2018 Serving with Le Mamea Ropati | |
| Prime Minister | Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi |
| O le Ao o le Malo | Tupua Tamasese Efi Va'aletoa Sualauvi II |
| Minister of Revenue | |
| In office 21 March 2011 – 6 February 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi |
| Preceded by | Tuu'u Anasi'i Leota |
| Succeeded by | Tialavea Tionisio Hunt |
| Member of the Samoa Parliament for Falealili | |
| In office 26 April 1996 – 4 March 2016 | |
| Succeeded by | None (Seat split) |
| Member of the Samoa Parliament for Safata | |
| In office 18 August 1979 – 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Muliagatele Vena |
| Succeeded by | Lesa Farani Posala Manua |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 July 1935 Falealili, Western Samoa |
| Died | 1 April 2018 (aged 83–84) Apia, Samoa |
| Political party | Human Rights Protection Party |
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Tuiloma Pule Alaimoana Unasa Lameko Gae’e (6 July 1935 – 1 April 2018)[1] was a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He was a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Lameko was born in Falealili.[2] Initially educated at a free church school, he later attended Poutasi Primary School. He gained entry to Avele School using a younger cousin's birth certificate, as he was too old to attend.[2] He briefly attended Samoa College and a teachers training college, but in both cases left due to inability to pay fees.[2] While working as a cashier, he took night classes to train as an accountant.[2] He worked for the Treasury Department, then after serving a secondment to the International Monetary Fund in 1975 was appointed the first manager of the Samoa Shipping Corporation in 1976.[1]
He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in a by-election in 1979, after Muliagatele Vena was unseated for bribery.[3] He held the seat until 1991. Between 1991 and 1996 he served as Public Service Commissioner.[1] In 1996 he returned to parliament representing Falealili. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Sports & Cultural Affairs in the government of Tofilau Eti Alesana[1] and as Associate Minister to the Prime Minister and later Minister of Revenue under Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi.[4]
In February 2016 he stepped down from parliament in order to be appointed to the Council of Deputies.[5][6]
Lameko died at Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital in Apia in April 2018.[7] His death was marked with a public holiday[8] and a state funeral.[1][9][10]
Lameko also served as president of Samoa Rugby Union.[11]
