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Samoa elecion
Apia, SAMOA — Fiame Naomi Mata'afa from Samoa's election-winning FAST party has been named the country's first female Prime Minister, in a ceremony her rival called "treason".
She named her Cabinet Monday afternoon in the ceremony in a large marquee tent erected on the Parliament grounds.
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![Samoa’s new Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa was sworn in Monday, May 24, at 6:13 p.m in an open air tent outside of Parliament. She is pictured here giving her acceptance speech, and would later name her cabinet. It’s been reported that no members of the Human Rights Protection Party were there and that the ‘caretaker’ PM is calling the swearing-in of parliament members illegal — and that he and the HRPP is still in charge. [screenshot from live stream] Fiame Naomi Mataafa](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fiame_speech_after_swearing_in_web.jpg?itok=kapAgPQ5)