Rapi Sotoa | |
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| President of the Senate | |
| In office 1958–1968 | |
| Constituency | Ta'u County |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 2 February 1970 Tutuila,American Samoa |
Rapi Sotoa (died 2 February 1970) was an American Samoan chief and politician. He served as President of the Senate between 1958 and 1968.
A high chief,Sotoa became chairman of the Council of Paramount Chiefs. [1] Prior to entering politics he was a civil servant,starting work as a sanitation inspector in 1949. [2]
In 1958 he became President of the Senate,holding the post for ten years. As a Senator he was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1960 and one of the signatories of the constitution. [3] In 1968 he became an assistant to the Governor. [2]
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