Tuiaana Tuimalealiʻifano 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 () 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 office of O le Ao o le Malo is vacant or when the incumbent is unable to fulfill their duties due to a ...
, whose members serve as deputy to the
O le Ao o le Malo.
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
Tuimalealiʻifano Faʻaoloiʻi Siʻuaʻana I, a member of the anti-colonial
Mau movement
The Mau was a nonviolence, non-violent movement for Samoan independence from colony, colonial rule during the first half of the 20th century. ''Mau'' means 'resolute' or 'resolved' in the sense of 'opinion', 'unwavering', 'to be decided', o ...
. 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 Church, Catholic religious institute of Religious brother, brothers. In 1817, Marcellin Champagnat, a Marist priest from Fr ...
schools in Samoa and
New Zealand
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.
[T.T. Suatipatipa II]
''Pacific Islands Monthly'', September 1974, p102 In 1952 he succeeded his father as
Tuimalealiʻifano.
[ He married Taʻalefili Soʻoaʻemalelagi two years later, and became a senior deacon of the Congregational Christian Church.][
The independence constitution provided for a ]Council of Deputies
The Council of Deputies () 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 office of O le Ao o le Malo is vacant or when the incumbent is unable to fulfill their duties due to 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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1914 births
Tuimalealiʻifano
Samoan Congregationalists
Members of the Council of Deputies
1974 deaths