2025 in Samoa

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Events in the year 2025 in Samoa.

Incumbents

Events

January

  • 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]
  • 23 January – Samoa and China sign a new visa exemption agreement.[4]
  • 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.[5]

February

  • 8 February – Miss Samoa's Litara Ieremia Allan wins the 2025 Miss Pacific Islands pageant in the Solomon Islands.[6]
  • 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.[7]

May

  • 27 May – The government of Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa collapses after its budget is voted down by parliament.[8]

Scheduled

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Samoa

Source:[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Samoa coach stands down after sexual misconduct charges". France 24. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  2. ^ "PM terminates Samoa MP at centre of police charges". Radio New Zealand. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  3. ^ "More Cabinet Ministers removed in Samoa political saga". Radio New Zealand. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Samoa and China sign new visa exemption agreement". Radio New Zealand. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Samoa seeks NZ support for more K9 after seizing 10kg of meth". Radio New Zealand. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Samoa's Litara Ieremia Allan crowned 2025 Miss Pacific Islands charges". Radio New Zealand. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Smith, Keiran (10 June 2025). "Samoa to hold snap election on Aug. 29 after PM's government collapses". AP News. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Samoa Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Public Holidays Act 2008". PACLII. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
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