Minister Nathan Samuels was a male Human and high-ranking United Earth government official in the 2150s.
Samuels' father died in a freighter accident when Samuels was eighteen years old. Feeling anger and resentment towards the pilot, who was Denobulan, Samuels joined the extremist xenophobic group Terra Prime. Eventually, he left and distanced himself from the organization in subsequent years, ultimately finding their viewpoint unacceptable.
Samuels witnessed in horror the Xindi attack of 2153, wherein seven million Humans were killed. He believed, following the attack, that Earth's survival depended upon creating alliances with other worlds. He would work toward that goal, building upon the foundation that United Earth Starfleet Captain Jonathan Archer of Enterprise was building when he successfully fostered cooperation between Vulcan, the Andorian Empire, and Tellar – states which had historically been at odds with each other.
In 2155, Minister Samuels presided over summits in San Francisco between delegates from several planets regarding the establishment of a proposed "Coalition of Planets." Samuels set an ambitious goal of six weeks for drafting a charter. During talks, a Human nurse named Susan Khouri entered the room and died of wounds sustained from a phase-pistol. When Samuels learned that Khouri was affiliated with Terra Prime, he asked United Earth Starfleet investigators to keep that fact hidden, as it could derail talks. He was forced to have investigators share their information with Archer's crew, however, when Archer confronted him with his own past with the group – implicitly threatening to damage Samuels' political career. (ENT: "Demons")
After the Terra Prime crisis was averted, Minister Samuels assembled the delegates once again and appealed to them to continue talks, noting that they could not allow the Humans' past to win over their future. He then turned the floor over to Captain Archer, who made an impassioned plea with them to not abandon the Coalition. Archer was successful, and negotiations for the Coalition of Planets went forward. (ENT: "Terra Prime")
