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Olaf Frederick Nelson
Ta'isi Olaf Frederick Nelson (24 February 1883 – 28 February 1944) was a Samoan businessman and politician. He was one of the founding leaders of the anti-colonial Mau movement. Biography Nelson was born on 24 February 1883 in Safune on the island of Savai'i to Swedish trader August Nelson and his Samoan wife, Sina Tugaga, whose family had links to the Sa Tupua, a prominent chiefly family. His name Ta'isi is a '' matai'' chief title from his mother's family from the Savai'i village of Asau. Nelson grew up in the family's home village of Faleolo until the age of eight, when he was sent to the Marist Brothers School in Apia. He left the school at the age of thirteen and became an apprentice at the DH & PG firm. He worked at DH & PH for four years, during which time he founded Samoa's first brass band. After leaving DH & PG, Nelson returned to Savai'i and took over his father's business, which had started on 1895 under the name - Nelson and Robertson Limited. He expanded his ...
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WS -Olaf Frederick Nelson
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1938 Western Samoan General Election
General elections were held in Western Samoa on 26 November 1938.Western Samoa Legislative Council
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Electoral system

Two Europeans were elected from a single two-seat constituency. Following the passing of the ''Samoa Legislative Council Elective Membership Amendment Order, 1938'' by the New Zealand government, universal suffrage was introduced for the European and mixed European-Samoan population aged 21 or over, having previously been restricted to those with property worth at least £200 or with an annual income of at least £200.
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Samoan Chiefs
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Viopapa Annandale-Atherton
Viopapa Annandale–Atherton (also known as Papali'i Dr Viopapa Annandale–Atherton) is a Samoan medical doctor who has worked to improve the health of women and children in the Pacific Islands. She was the first Pacific Island woman to graduate from a New Zealand university. Early life and education Born in Samoa, Annandale–Atherton is the daughter of Edward Annandale and Sina Nelson. Annandale–Atherton received a scholarship to study at Epsom Girls Grammar School. She studied medicine at the University of Otago, graduating MB ChB in 1964. Career After graduation Annandale–Atherton went to Edinburgh where she was a house surgeon at the Royal Infirmary. She studied at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine receiving a Diploma in Tropical Health. Annandale–Atherton has served on many health organisations: the World Health Organisation's (WHO) advisory committee on long-acting contraceptives, as head of Samoa's Maternal and Child Health Department (1971 ...
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Lemalu Herman Retzlaff
Lemalu Hermann Retzlaff is a Samoan New Zealander lawyer. He served as Attorney-General of Samoa from 2016 to 2020. He is the son of former attorney-general and deputy prime minister Misa Telefoni Retzlaff. Early life and career Retzlaff was born in Samoa and was educated at Apia Primary and Leifiifi Intermediate Schools. From 2001 he worked as a commercial law lecturer at the National University of Samoa before moving to New Zealand to work as a Crown Prosecutor. He was later a solicitor with the New Zealand Ministry of Justice's Public Defence Service. For two terms he was president of New Zealand's Pacific Law Association. In the 2014 New Zealand general election he stood as a candidate for the New Zealand Labour Party in the newly-created electorate of Upper Harbour, losing to Paula Bennett. Attorney-General In March 2016 he was appointed Attorney-General of Samoa The Attorney-General of Samoa is a constitutional and legal officer in Samoa, responsible for advising the ...
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Misa Telefoni Retzlaff
Misa Telefoni Retzlaff (born Hermann Theodor Retzlaff, 21 May 1952) is a Samoan author and retired politician who served as the deputy prime minister of Samoa and deputy leader of the Human Rights Protection Party from 2001 to 2011. A member of the Human Rights Protection Party, Retzlaff was also minister of finance from 2006 to 2011. Background Retzlaff is of German-Swedish-Samoan descent, having inherited his German ancestry from his paternal grandfather. His name "Telefoni", is the name that was given by the Samoan community in the early twentieth century, to his grandfather, when he arrived in the German colony, as a public servant of the postal services, to introduce the telephone to the country. He was educated at Marist Brothers in Apia and King's College in Auckland, New Zealand. He studied law at the University of Auckland, graduating in 1974. After returning to Samoa, he studied to become a Certified Public Accountant, graduating in 1977, before going on to practice ...
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Nelson Memorial Public Library
The Samoa Public Library, also known as the Nelson Memorial Public Library, is the main public library in Samoa. It is in the capital Apia on the island of Upolu and is sometimes referred to as Apia Library. Library services in Samoa are administered by the Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture. History The library was set up in 1956 with the current building on Beach Road officially opened in 1960. Funding for the building was received from the Samoa government, New Zealand and the family of patriot, Mau leader and businessman Olaf Frederick Nelson. The library is named in Nelson's honour. Savai'i branch Savai'i Public Library is the only branch of the central library, in Salelologa Salelologa is a village district at the east end of Savai'i island in Samoa. It is the main entry point into the island with the only ferry terminal on Savai'i. It also serves as the main township for shopping and public amenities with a market s ... on the island of Savai'i. References E ...
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Head Of State Of Samoa
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Prime Minister Of Samoa
The prime minister of the Independent State of Samoa ( sm, Palemia o le Malo Tuto’atasi o Sāmoa) is the head of government of Samoa. The prime minister is a member of the Legislative Assembly, and is appointed by the O le Ao o le Malo (Head of State) for a five-year term. Since independence in 1962, a total of seven individuals have served as prime minister. The incumbent was disputed due to the 2021 constitutional crisis, when Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi refused to accept the results of the 2021 general election. On 23 July 2021, the Samoan Court of Appeal ruled that the Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party had been in government since 24 May. Tuila'epa then conceded defeat, resulting in FAST party leader Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa becoming prime minister. History of the office Colonial period The first prime minister during the colonial period was Albert Barnes Steinberger, who originally represented the American government in the Samoan Islands but w ...
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Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi
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Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole
Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole (3 June 1905 – 5 April 1963) was a Western Samoan paramount chief. He held the royal title of Tupua Tamasese from 1929 to 1963, and O le Ao o le Malo (Head of State) jointly with Malietoa Tanumafili II from 1962 until his death the following year. Biography He was born in Vaimoso 1905 as the one of three sons of the paramount chief Tupua Tamasese Lealofi II. He was educated at the Marist school in Apia.Tamasese: Architect of West Samoan Independence
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', May 1963, pp41–47
In 1929, he was installed as Tupua Tamasese when his elder brother and Mau leader,