Eni Fa'aua'a Hunkin Faleomavaega Jr. was an American Samoan politician and attorney who served as the territory's third lieutenant governor,from 1985 to 1989 and non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives,from 1989 to 2015. As a delegate,Faleomavaega served on committees and spoke on the House floor;however,he was not permitted to vote on the final passage of any legislation. He also was the father-in-law of former professional American football fullback Fui Vakapuna.
Togiola Talalelei A. Tulafono is an American Samoan politician and lawyer who served as the sixth governor of American Samoa. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He had previously served as the seventh lieutenant governor.
Tauese Tuailemafua Pita Fiti Sunia was an American Samoan politician who served as the fifth governor of American Samoa from 1997 until his death in 2003. He was the second governor of American Samoa to die in office;Warren Terhune was the first.
Tofilau Eti Alesana was a Samoan politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Samoa from 1982 to 1985,and again from 1988 until his resignation in 1998.
General elections were held in American Samoa on November 4,2008,to elect a governor,members of the House of Representative,and a delegate to the United States House of Representatives,as well as a referendum on a legislative override of the governor's veto. The elections were held as part of the wider 2008 United States general election.
Asuemu Ulufale Fuimaono was an American Samoan politician and Paramount Chief who served as American Samoa's first Delegate-at-Large to the United States House of Representatives in a four-year term from 1971 until 1975. Fuimaono also served as the governor of Western District,American Samoa on the island of Tutuila from his appointment in 1993 until his death in 2008.
Velega Savali Savali Jr. is an American Samoan politician. Savali was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa in the American Samoan gubernatorial election in 2008. He served as the American Samoa Treasurer from 2005 until 2008,and a senator from 2009 to 2012.
Afoafouvale Leulumoegafou Suʻesuʻe Lutu was an American Samoan politician and attorney. Lutu has served as the former attorney general of American Samoa in two different administrations. He was a former senator from the district of Maʻopūtasi,serving the villages of Fagatogo,Utulei and Fagaʻalu. He was the last known holder of the high chief title,Afoafouvale.
Utu Abe Malae was an American Samoan politician,banker and businessman. A long-time leader of the American Samoa Power Authority,he served in the American Samoa Senate,and was a candidate for Governor of American Samoa in the 2008 gubernatorial elections,finishing second in the runoff to incumbent Governor Togiola Tulafono.
Tuanaitau Fa'atamala Tuia was an American Samoan politician and the longest-serving member of the American Samoan territorial legislature,the Fono,in history. Tuia served a combined 49 years in the Fono,including thirty years in the American Samoa House of Representatives and seventeen years in the Senate.
A constitutional referendum was held in American Samoa on November 2,2010,on the same day of the United States House of Representatives election and American Samoan general election.
Tufele Faatoia Liamatua,also spelled Tufele Li'amatua,was an American Samoan politician,businessman and paramount chief. He served as the first elected lieutenant governor of American Samoa under former Governor Peter Tali Coleman from 1978 to 1985.
General elections were held in American Samoa on November 6,2012,to elect a new governor and lieutenant governor,twenty members of the American Samoa House of Representatives and the Delegate to United States House of Representatives. Incumbent governor Togiola Tulafono was term-limited and could not seek re-election.
Seui Laau was an American Samoan politician and Senator. Laau was the chairman of the American Samoa Senate Government Operations Committee at the time of his death in 2012.
Lolo Letalu Matalasi is an American Samoan politician,educator,and businessman. He served as the seventh governor of American Samoa,from 2013 to 2021.
Samoana High School (SHS) is a prominent high school in Utulei,a community in Maoputasi County,Eastern District,American Samoa. It is a part of the American Samoa Department of Education.
The First Lady of American Samoa is the title attributed to the wife of the governor of American Samoa. To date,there have been no first gentlemen of American Samoa.
Fagaoalii Lefagaoali'i Satele Sunia was an American Samoan literacy advocate and educator. She served as the First Lady of American Samoa from January 1997 to March 2003 during the tenure of her husband,former Governor Tauese Sunia,who died in office in 2003. Sunia established and operated the Read to Me Samoa Program to promote reading in American Samoa. She also created the Tauese P. Sunia Memorial,a museum and visitor attraction dedicated to her late husband located at her home in Tutuila.
The attorney general of American Samoa is the chief law enforcement officer and chief legal advisor to the American Samoa government.
Fiti Alesana Sunia is an American lawyer who has served as the associate justice of the High Court of American Samoa since 2019.
