The Council of Deputies ( sm, Sui O Le Fono a Sui Tofia) is a constitutional body in
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 and Apolima); ...
. Its members serve as Deputy
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 ...
and act as head of state when the O le Ao o le Malo is unable to fulfill their duties due to absence or incapacitation.
The Council was established by the
constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.
When these princ ...
at independence on 1 January 1962. It consists of between one and three members, who are elected by the
Legislative Assembly.
[ If there are no members, the Chief Justice acts in their place.][Constitution of Samoa]
Constitute Project Elections to the Council are required to take place as soon as possible after a new O le Ao o le Malo is elected.[
]
Members
* Tuiaana Tuimaleali'ifano Suatipatipa II (1962–1974)
* Tupua Tamasese Lealofi IV (1968–1970, 1976–1983)
* Mata'afa Puela Faasuamaleaui Patu
* Va'aletoa Sualauvi II (1993–2001, 2004–2017)
* Faumuina Anapapa (2002–2006)
* Tufuga Efi (2004–2007)
* Tuiloma Pule Lameko (2016–2018)[A member of Samoa's Council of Deputies dies]
Radio New Zealand, 3 April 2018
* Le Mamea Ropati (2016–)[Samoa has two new members of the council of deputies]
Radio New Zealand, 28 January 2016
References
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Government of Samoa
1962 establishments in Western Samoa