2025 in Samoa
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Events in the year 2025 in Samoa.
Incumbents
[edit]- O le Ao o le Malo: Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
- Prime Minister: Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (until 16 September); Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt (since 16 September)
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 6 January – Mahonri Schwalger resigns as coach of the Samoa national rugby union team following allegations of sexual misconduct.[1]
- 10 January – Laauli Leuatea Schmidt is dismissed as agriculture and fisheries minister following allegations of misconduct.[2]
- 14 January – Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa dismisses Women, Community and Social Development minister Mulipola Anarosa Ale-Molio'o, Communication and Information Technology minister Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo and Commerce, Industry, and Labor minister Leota Laki Sio amid a dispute within her FAST Party.[3]
- 15 January – FAST party chair Laauli Leuatea Schmid expels Prime Minister Mata'afa and four other cabinet ministers from the party.[4]
- 23 January – Samoa and China sign a new visa exemption agreement.[5]
- 29 January – Authorities seize 10 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from a shipping container that arrived from the United States and arrest three people in what is reported as the "largest known drug smuggling operation" in the country.[6]
February
[edit]- 8 February – Miss Samoa's Litara Ieremia Allan wins the 2025 Miss Pacific Islands pageant in the Solomon Islands.[7]
- 12 February – The Samoan Government lifts a "precautionary zone" around the wreckage of HMNZS Manawanui following testing by the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa (SROS). However, a 2 km prohibition zone around the sunken ship remains in force.[8]
- 25 February – Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa survives a no-confidence motion filed against her in parliament by the Human Rights Protection Party.[9]
May
[edit]- 27 May – The government of Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa collapses after its budget is voted down by parliament.[10]
August
[edit]- 15 August — The Government announces changes to the school calendar after a dengue outbreak delays the opening of schools nationwide.[11]
- 29 August – 2025 Samoan general election: The FAST party wins a majority of 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Samoa, followed by the Human Rights Protection Party with 14.[12] Prime Minister Mata'afa's Samoa Uniting Party wins three seats, making her unable to retain the premiership.[13]
September
[edit]- 16 September — Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt of the FAST party is inaugurated as prime minister.[14]
Holidays
[edit]- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 30 March – Ramadan
- 18 April – Good Friday
- 19 April – Easter Saturday
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 12 May – Mother's Day holiday
- 1 June – Independence Day
- 11 August – Father's Day holiday
- 13 October – Lotu a Tamaiti/Children's Service holiday
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
References
[edit]- ^ "Samoa coach stands down after sexual misconduct charges". France 24. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "PM terminates Samoa MP at centre of police charges". Radio New Zealand. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "More Cabinet Ministers removed in Samoa political saga". Radio New Zealand. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Samoa: FAST chairman removes PM from party". RNZ. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ "Samoa and China sign new visa exemption agreement". Radio New Zealand. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Samoa seeks NZ support for more K9 after seizing 10kg of meth". Radio New Zealand. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ^ "Samoa's Litara Ieremia Allan crowned 2025 Miss Pacific Islands charges". Radio New Zealand. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "Samoa govt removes precautionary zone around Manawanui disaster site". Radio New Zealand. 12 February 2025. Archived from the original on 12 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Fiame commands majority, vote of no-confidence fails". Samoa Observer. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ^ Tinetali-Fiavaai, Grace (6 June 2025). "Explainer: The saga of Samoa's state affairs and what comes next". Radio New Zealand. Archived from the original on 6 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Persico, Christina (15 August 2025). "School calendar set to change in Samoa as schools closed for another week". Radio New Zealand. Archived from the original on 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ Sulamanaia Manaui Faulalo (4 September 2025). "Official count ends, FAST takes 30 seats". Samoa Observer. Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ Charlotte Graham McLay (8 September 2025). "Samoa's first woman leader is ousted in an election following the collapse of her government". AP News. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ Sulamanaia Manaui Faulalo (16 September 2025). "Laaulialemalietoa sworn in as new Prime Minister". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "Samoa Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Public Holidays Act 2008". PACLII. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
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