Gaioi Tufele Galeai
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Gaioi Tufele Galeai served as the interim
lieutenant governor of American Samoa The government of American Samoa consists of a locally elected governor, lieutenant governor and the American Samoa Fono, which consists of an 18-member Senate and a 21-member House of Representatives. The first popular election for Governor and ...
from 1992 until 1993. She was appointed by Governor Peter Tali Coleman to fill the remainder of the term of her husband, Galea'i Peni Poumele, who had died in office. She was a member of the Republican Party of American Samoa. Gaioi is the daughter of High Chief Tufele. She married Galea'i Peni Poumele on July 20, 1946, in Faga'alu, American Samoa. They had a total of seven biological children, three adopted children, 26 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.Sunia, Fofō I. F. (1998). ''The Story of the Legislature of American Samoa: In Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee 1948-1998''. Pago Pago, AS: Legislature of American Samoa. Page 262. .


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