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Events in the year 2022 in Samoa.
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa
- 22 January – Samoa Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa announces a three day lockdown in response to ten positive COVID-19 passengers from a repatriation flight.[1]
- 22 April – Samoa reports five community spread COVID-19 cases on Manono Island, which had been free of the virus until now.[2]
- 27 July – Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa ends Samoa's state of emergency after two years.[3]
- 23 August – Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II is re-elected by the Parliament for a second term as O le Ao o le Malo, the Samoan head of state.[4]
Deaths
- 17 January – Vaʻai Papu Vailupe, 77, politician[5]
- 24 February – Va'aiga Tuigamala, 52, rugby player[6]
- 25 March – Va'ele Pa'ia'aua Iona Sekuini, 58, politician[7]
- 6 May – Kelly Meafua, 31, rugby player[8]
- 2 August – Jack Netzler, 82, politician[9]
References
- ↑ "Samoa announces lockdown from 6pm tonight until 6pm on Monday". RNZ. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ↑ "Samoan island gets first covid case". RNZ. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ↑ "Samoa to end covid state of emergency ahead of reopening". RNZ. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ↑ "Samoan Parliament re-elects Head of State". RNZ. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ↑ "Former M.P. Vaai Papu Vaai passes on". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ↑ "Va'aiga Tuigamala, dual-code rugby legend, dies aged 52". the Guardian. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ↑ Tafeaga, Ganasavea Manuia (25 March 2022). "Associate Minister Vaele Paiaaua Iona Sekuini Passes Away aged 57". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ↑ AFP. "Samoan rugby player dies after jump from bridge". Sport. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ↑ "Former Cabinet Minister passes away". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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