Suʻa Hellene Wallwork

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Suʻa Hellene Wallwork
Attorney-General of Samoa
In office
4 September 2021 – 13 January 2026[a]
Prime MinisterFiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Preceded bySavalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale
Succeeded byPrecious Chang (interim)
Personal details
University of Auckland

Suʻa Hellene Wallwork-Lamb is a Samoan lawyer and jurist who served as the Attorney-General of Samoa from 2021 to 2026.

Wallwork is from Lefaga[1] and was educated at the University of Auckland.[2] After working in the Office of the Attorney-General, she returned to New Zealand, where she worked for the New Zealand Police and the Commerce Commission and in private practice.[2] In 2013 she returned to Samoa and established a law firm with her husband.[2] In April 2016 she was appointed Sweden's Honorary Consul in Samoa.[3]

In March 2017 she was elected President of the Samoa Law Society.[4][5] She served as vice-president for the next three years, and was elected president again in 2021.[1] As Vice-president of the society she fronted the society's submissions during the 2021 Samoan constitutional crisis, criticising O le Ao o le Malo Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II's attempt to stop parliament from meeting[6] and the Human Rights Protection Party's post-crisis attacks on the judiciary.[7]

She was appointed interim Attorney-General of Samoa on 4 September 2021, following the dismissal of Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale for failing to defend the judiciary.[2] She was sworn in on 8 September 2021.[8][1] Cabinet appointed Wallwork to a full term three-year term on 22 December 2022.[9] She declined to apply for another term as attorney-general, and her tenure ended on 13 January 2026.[10] Precious Chang succeeded her in an interim capacity.[11]

She was awarded the title of Suʻa by her village in 2008.[2] In December 2022 she was named one of the Samoa Observer's people of the year.[12]

Notes

  1. Interim: 4 September 2021 – 22 December 2022

References

  1. Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong (8 September 2021). "Su'a takes Attorney General oath of office". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi (2 September 2021). "Attorney General sacked". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. Diedre Fanene (8 April 2016). "Sweden has new Honorary Consul". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. Sarafina Sanerivi (9 March 2017). "Women lead Law Society as new President named". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. "Su'a Hellene Wallwork new Samoa Law Society President". New Zealand Law Society. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  6. "Samoa Law Society submission criticises Head of State's decrees". RNZ. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  7. Joyetter Feagaimaali'i (13 August 2021). "H.R.P.P. judicial attacks seriously flawed: Law Society". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  8. Marieta H Ilalio (8 September 2021). "Su'a Sworn-In as Interim Attorney General by Head of State". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  9. Lagi Keresoma (22 December 2022). "Cabinet Appoints Attorney General & two new CEOs". Talamua Online. Apia. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  10. Marieta Heidi Ilalio (13 January 2026). "AG farewelled: Su'a won't reapply". Samoa Observer. Archived from the original on 13 January 2026. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  11. Sulamanaia Manaui Faulalo (19 January 2026). "Precious Chang appointed interim AG". Samoa Observer. Archived from the original on 19 January 2026. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  12. Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong (31 December 2022). "People of the Year: Attorney General, Su'a Hellene Wallwork-Lamb". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 31 December 2022.