Samoa set to appoint first female PM

Updated May 17 2021 - 3:49pm, first published 3:45pm
Fiame Naomi Mata'afa (left) , pictured with Malcolm Turnbull in 2017, is set to be Samoa's new PM.
Fiame Naomi Mata'afa (left) , pictured with Malcolm Turnbull in 2017, is set to be Samoa's new PM.

Fiame Naomi Mataafa is poised to become Samoa's first female prime minister, after the Pacific nation's top court helped break a month-long political impasse that followed a tightly contested April election.

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