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

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. He was educated at

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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 Tuimalealiʻifano. He married Taʻalefili Soʻoaʻemalelagi two years later, and became a senior deacon of the Congregational Christian Church. The independence constitution 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suatipatipa, Tui A'ana Tuimaleali'ifano 1914 births Tuimalealiʻifano Samoan Congregationalists Members of the Council of Deputies 1974 deaths