Tuiaana Tuimaleali'ifano Suatipatipa II (1914 – 24 July 1974) was a Western Samoan paramount chief, politician and church elder. For most of the period between 1962 and 1974 he was the only member of the

Council of Deputies The Council of Deputies ( sm, Sui O Le Fono a Sui Tofia) is a constitutional body in Samoa. Its members serve as Deputy O le Ao o le Malo and act as head of state when the O le Ao o le Malo is unable to fulfill their duties due to absence or inca ...

, whose members serve as deputy to the

O le Ao o le Malo The ''O le Ao o le Malo'' ( Samoan for "Head of State") is the head of state of Samoa. The position is described in Part III of the 1960 Samoan constitution. At the time the constitution was adopted, it was anticipated that future heads of st ...

Biography

Suatipatipa was born in 1914,Morgan A. Tuimalealiʻifano (2006
O Tama a ʻāiga: The Politics of Succession to Sāmoa's Paramount Titles
piiii the son of Tuimaleali'ifano Fa'aoloi'i Si'ua'ana I, a member of the anti-colonial

Mau movement The Mau was a non-violent movement for Samoan independence from colonial rule during the first half of the 20th century. ''Mau'' means ‘resolute’ or ‘resolved’ in the sense of ‘opinion’, ‘unwavering’, ‘to be decided’, or ...

. He was educated at

Marist Brothers The Marist Brothers of the Schools, commonly known as simply the Marist Brothers, is an international community of Catholic religious institute of brothers. In 1817, St. Marcellin Champagnat, a Marist priest from France, founded the Marist Brother ...

schools in Samoa and

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.T.T. Suatipatipa II
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', September 1974, p102 In 1952 he succeeded his father as Tuimaleali'ifano. He married Ta'alefili So'oa'emalelagi two years later, and became a senior deacon of the

Congregational Christian Church The Congregational Christian Churches were a Protestant Christian denomination that operated in the U.S. from 1931 through 1957. On the latter date, most of its churches joined the Evangelical and Reformed Church in a merger to become the United C ...

. The

independence constitution Independence constitution is the name commonly given by African political scientists to originating constitutions (many of which are extant) of former British colonies, primarily in Africa, which gained their independence approximately 1960-1990. ...

provided for a

, whose members were elected by the Legislative Assembly. Members of the Council of Deputies would act as head of state when the incumbent was unable to fulfill their duties. Suatipatipa was elected to the Council of Deputies in 1962, and was re-elected in 1968. Suatipatipa died in July 1974 and was survived by his wife and ten children.

References

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