O le Ao o le Malo
head of state of the Independent State of Samoa
The O le Ao o le Malo (Samoan: Head of the Government) is the Head of State of Samoa.[3] The government Press Secretariat describes Head of State as a "ceremonial president". The holder is given the formal style of Highness.
O le Ao o le Malo of the Independent State of Samoa O le Ao o le Malo o Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa | |
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Style | His Highness |
Status | Head of State |
Seat | Apia |
Appointer | Legislative Assembly of Samoa |
Term length | Five years, renewable once, consecutively[1] |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Samoa |
Precursor | Monarch of Western Samoa Trust Territory |
Inaugural holder | Meaʻole and Tanumafili II |
Formation | 1 January 1962 |
Deputy | Members of the Council of Deputies |
Salary | 82,000 USD annually[2] |
List of officeholders
change- Symbols
- Denotes acting Head of State
- † Died in office
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1 | Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole (1905–1963)[a] |
— | 1 January 1962 | 5 April 1963 † | 1 year, 94 days | Independent | Mulinu'u II | |
Malietoa Tanumafili II (1913–2007)[b] |
— | 1 January 1962 | 11 May 2007 † | 45 years, 130 days | Independent | Mulinu'u II Lealofi IV Tufuga Efi Va'ai Kolone Tofilau Eti Alesana Tuilaepa A. S. Malielegaoi | ||
– | Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi (born 1938) Member of the Council of Deputies |
— | 11 May 2007 | 20 June 2007 | 40 days | Independent | Tuilaepa A. S. Malielegaoi | |
Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II (born 1947) Member of the Council of Deputies |
— | 11 May 2007 | 20 June 2007 | 40 days | Independent | |||
2 | Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi (born 1938)[c] |
2007 2012 |
20 June 2007 | 21 July 2017 | 10 years, 31 days | Independent | Tuilaepa A. S. Malielegaoi | |
3 | Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II (born 1947) |
2017 | 21 July 2017[4] | Incumbent | 7 years, 20 days | Independent | Tuilaepa A. S. Malielegaoi Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa |
Notes
changeReferences
change- ↑ Sobserver
- ↑ Hill, Bruce (28 September 2016). "Samoan leaders salaries published by newspaper". ABC Radio Australia.
- ↑ "Constitution of the Independent State of Western Samoa 1960". University of the South Pacific. Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
- ↑ Samoa Planet[permanent dead link]