Tuala Falani Chan Tung is a

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 an ...

n diplomat and public servant. He served as Samoan Ambassador to

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and the

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from 2005 to 2012. Chan Tung commenced his schooling in Samoa and then pursued studies overseas where obtaining BA and MA degrees in Economics. He began work in the Department of Economic Development, which later became the Department of Trade, Commerce and Industry, eventually becoming its

chief executive officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

. Following a major restructuring, in which the Samoan government's 26 departments and ministries were reduced through mergers to 18, he stayed trade consultant for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In September 2005 he was appointed Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union, replacing the retiring H. E. Tauiliili William Meredith. As of 2020, he is on the board of the

Central Bank of Samoa The Central Bank of Samoa ( sm, Faletupe Tutotonu o Samoa), situated in the capital Apia beside the main government buildings, issues the Samoan currency, the Samoan tālā as well as regulates and manages the exchange rate with foreign currenci ...

. Chan Tung got the '' matai'' title "Tuala" from the village of Leauvaa.

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Samoan people of Chinese descent Ambassadors of Samoa to Belgium Ambassadors of Samoa to the European Union Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{samoa-bio-stub