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2022 In Samoa
Events in the year 2022 in Samoa. Incumbents * O le Ao o le Malo: Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II * Prime Minister: Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa Events ''Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa'' * 22 January – Samoa Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa announces a three day lockdown in response to ten positive COVID-19 passengers from a repatriation flight. * 22 April – Samoa reports five community spread COVID-19 cases on Manono Island, which had been free of the virus until now. * 27 July – Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa ends Samoa's state of emergency after two years. * 23 August – Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II is re-elected by the Parliament for a second term as O le Ao o le Malo, the Samoan head of state. Deaths * 17 January – Vaai Papu Vailupe, 77, politician * 24 February – Va'aiga Tuigamala, 52, rugby player * 25 March – Va'ele Pa'ia'aua Iona Sekuini, 58, politician * 6 May – Kelly Meafua, 31, rugby player * 2 A ... [...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] |