Cabinet today upheld the unanimous recommendation by the
Review Panel for incumbent Chief Executive Officer Ali’imuamua MalaefonoTauā-Faasalaina,
to lead the Samoa Bureau of Statistics, (SBS) for another three-year term.
Aliimuamua holds a Masters of Arts in Demography from the Australian National University
and among the longest-serving loyal SBS staff
since 1987 after graduating from the University
of the South Pacific in Suva Fiji with a BA in
Economics & Administration.
She left the Bureau five years later to work as the
Research Officer and Part-time Lecturer for
Population Studies at the School of Social and
Economic Developments at the University of the
South Pacific in Suva, Fiji.
And when she came home she was rehired by the
Bureau where she has worked for close to 20
years before her appointed as the SBS Chief
Executive in 2018.
QUALIFICATIONS;
 BA in Economics & Administration, 1987;
The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
 PGD in Population Studies, 1990; The
University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
 MA in Demography, 1997; The Australian
National University, Canberra, Australia

Current International Affiliation:
 Samoa Bureau of Statistics Member in the UN ESCAP Regional Steering Group on
Population and Social Statistics since 2017; and; current Chairperson of Technical
Working Group 1
 Samoa Bureau of Statistics Member in the UN Washington Group for Disability
Statistics; since 2013 to present