Tea Tooala Peato

Tea Tooala Peato (born ~1940)^[1] is a Samoan politician.

Tea Tooala Peato
Member of the Samoan Parliament for Fa'asalele'aga No. 4
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 April 2021
Preceded by	Tofa Lio Foleni
Member of the Samoan Parliament for Fa'asalele'aga No. 3
In office 26 April 1996 – 2 March 2001
Preceded by	Unasa Mesi Galo
Succeeded by	Unasa Mesi Galo
In office 27 February 1982 – 26 February 1988
Preceded by	Leulu Laifaga
Succeeded by	Unasa Lio
Personal details
Political party	Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (2021–present)
Other political affiliations	Samoan National Development Party (1996–2001)

Peato is from Sa'asa'ai in the district of Faʻasaleleaga and has worked as a businessman.^[2] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa at the 1982 election.^[1] He was re-elected at the 1985 election but lost his seat in 1988.^[1] After taking a break from politics he ran again at the 1996 election and was elected for another term as a member of the Samoan National Development Party.^[1] He lost his seat again at the 2001 election, and subsequently spent several years working in a hardware store.^[1] He ran unsuccessfully at the 2016 election.^[1]

Peato contested the April 2021 election as a candidate for the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi and was again elected to parliament according to preliminary results.^[3] On 28 July 2021 he was appointed Associate Minister of Health.^[4] On 17 January 2025 he was fired as an associate minister by prime minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa after supporting her expulsion from the FAST party.^[5]