Tuala Falenaoti Tiresa Malietoa (also known as Tiresa Malietoa) (8 February 1924 - 7 May 2016) was 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 politician and educator. She was leader of the Samoan Christian Party, and one of the first women to lead a Samoan political party. She was the wife of Samoa's Head of State

Malietoa Tanumafili II Malietoa Tanumafili II (4 January 1913 – 11 May 2007), addressed Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II, was the Malietoa, the title of one of Samoa's four paramount chiefs, and the head of state, or ''O le Ao o le Malo'', a position that he held for ...

and a former principal of the Samoa Teachers Training College.

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An introduction about Samoan stories and legends by uala Falenaoti Tiresa Malietoa
* 1924 births 2016 deaths Christian Party (Samoa) politicians Samoan women in politics 21st-century Samoan women politicians 21st-century Samoan politicians 20th-century Samoan women politicians 20th-century Samoan politicians {{Samoa-politician-stub