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2021 In Samoa
Events in the year 2021 in Samoa. Incumbents * O le Ao o le Malo: Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II * Prime Minister of Samoa, Prime Minister: Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (until 24 May), Fiamē Naomi Mata‘afa (from 24 May) Events Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa *9 April – The 2021 Samoan general election was held. Deaths *19 January – Toleafoa Ken Vaafusuaga Poutoa, politician, Legislative Assembly of Samoa, MP (since 2016). *25 January – Masada Iosefa, 32, rugby league player (Penrith Panthers, Wests Tigers, Samoa national rugby league team, national team); traffic collision. *27 January – Saini Lemamea, 56, rugby union player (Samoa national rugby union team, national team). (death announced on this date) References {{Oceania topic, 2021 in 2021 in Samoa, 2020s in Samoa Years of the 21st century in Samoa 2021 in Oceania, Samoa 2021 by country, Samoa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono and Apolima); and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nu'utele, Nu'ulua, Fanuatapu and Namua). Samoa is located west of American Samoa, northeast of Tonga (closest foreign country), northeast of Fiji, east of Wallis and Futuna, southeast of Tuvalu, south of Tokelau, southwest of Hawaii, and northwest of Niue. The capital city is Apia. The Lapita culture, Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a Samoan language and Samoan culture, Samoan cultural identity. Samoa is a Unitary state, unitary Parliamentary system, parliamentary democracy with 11 Administrative divisions of Samoa, administrative divisions. It is a sovereign state and a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |