HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases...Election of Fiame Naomi Mata’afa as Prime Minister of Samoa hide Election of Fiame Naomi Mata’afa as Prime Minister of Samoa Press Statement Ned Price, Department Spokesperson July 26, 2021 The United States congratulates Fiame Naomi Mata’afa on her historic victory to become Samoa’s first female prime minister. We look forward to working with Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and Samoa’s new government. The United States thanks former Prime Minister Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi for his longstanding friendship. Tags Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Elections Office of the Spokesperson Samoa