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Tu'u'u Ieti Taule'alo is a Samoan civil engineer who is Chairman of the Public Service Commission of Samoa.

Tu'u'u was President of the Samoan Public Services Association (PSA) during the 1981 PSA General Strike that contributed to the fall of the government of Taisi Tufuga Tupuola Efi in the following elections.

He obtained a bachelor's degree in Engineering at Canterbury University (1971) in Christchurch New Zealand, before completing his Masters and PhD at the University of Sydney (in 1990 and 1997 respectively), in civil engineering.

He has been the director of Samoa’s Lands, Survey and Environment Department. From January 2006 until September 2009 he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Environment in Samoa. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Matuaileoo Environmental Trust, Inc.

Tu'u'u is married to renowned Pasifika artist Vanya Taule'alo.

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Tu'u'u Ieti Taulealo Wikipedia