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Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt: Head of government, Samoa

Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt is the head of government of Samoa, listed by the United Nations as “Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Independent State of Samoa”. Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt holds 2 posts on the official record.

Posts held

• Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Independent State of Samoa (head of government), Samoa. Part of level 6: National government.
  Source: Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers for Foreign Affairs: Public List (United Nations Protocol and Liaison Service), list dated 15 October 2026, read 20 October 2026.
• Foreign minister, Samoa. Part of level 6: National government.
  Source: Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers for Foreign Affairs: Public List (United Nations Protocol and Liaison Service), list dated 15 October 2026, read 20 October 2026.

Where Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt sits in the ladder of power

As head of government, Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt works at level 6: National government, above the regions, states and councils of Samoa (regions, cities).

Above that, Samoa is a member of:

• United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) level 8
• International Monetary Fund level 9
• World Bank Group level 9

Who else holds power in Samoa

• Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II Head of State of the Independent State of Samoa, Samoa

Where these facts come from

Every post above is copied from an official record, linked beside it with the date it was read. The UN Protocol and Liaison Service publishes the list governments give it of their head of state, head of government and foreign minister. Names are as the source prints them, without honorifics. How this site is made.

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