Aveau Niko Palamo is a Samoa

Samoa

Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

n politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the Tautua Samoa Party

Tautua Samoa Party

Tautua Samoa is a political party in Samoa. The party's policies include economic development, particularly in the agricultural sector, public service reform, a limit on the number of Associate Ministers, and a reduction in the term of Parliament from 5 to 3 or 4 years...

 and represents the constiuency of Faleata East.

Aveau is a former Manu Samoa rugby coach. He was first elected to parliament in the 2011 election

Samoan general election, 2011

A general election was held in Samoa on 4 March 2011, in which the people elected the 49 seats of the Fono for its 15th term. Unlike most neighbouring countries in the Pacific, Samoa has established party politics...

. Aveau beat 3 other candidates from the villages of Vaimoso, Lepea and Vailoa to gain the seat, with a convincing win of more than 200 votes over the second place candidate from Lepea.

Aveau hopes to improve the quality of living in Faleata East by focusing on aspects such as education, agriculture and generating jobs for the public.