Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi

His Highness

Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi
His Highness; Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi
O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa
	In office; 11 May 2007 – 21 July 2017; Acting: 11 May 2007 – 20 June 2007
Prime Minister	Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Preceded by	Malietoa Tanumafili II
Succeeded by	Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II
Deputy Prime Minister of Western Samoa
	In office; 30 December 1985 – 8 April 1988
Prime Minister	Va'ai Kolone
Succeeded by	Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
3rd Prime Minister of Western Samoa
	In office; 18 September 1982 – 31 December 1982
O le Ao O le Malo	Malietoa Tanumafili II
Preceded by	Va'ai Kolone
Succeeded by	Tofilau Eti Alesana
	In office; 24 March 1976 – 13 April 1982
O le Ao O le Malo	Malietoa Tanumafili II
Preceded by	Lealofi IV (Acting)
Succeeded by	Va'ai Kolone
1st Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 18 September 1982 – 31 December 1982
Preceded by	Va'ai Kolone
Succeeded by	Lauofo Meti
	In office; 24 March 1976 – 13 April 1982
Succeeded by	Va'ai Kolone
Preceded by	In office; 7 February 1970 – 26 February 1988
Constituency
Member of the Samoan Parliament
	In office; 7 February 1970 – 26 February 1988
Preceded by	Taimalie Meapelo
Succeeded by	Alipia Siaosi
Constituency	Aana Alofi No. 2
	In office; May 1965 – 25 February 1967
Preceded by	Masoe Tulele
Succeeded by	Va'ai Kolone
Constituency	Vaisigano No. 1
Personal details
Born	Olaf Efi Tamasese; 1 March 1938 (age 86); Motootua, Western Samoa (now Samoa)
Nationality	Samoan
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	National Development Party (1985–1988); Christian Democratic Party (1988–2003)
Spouse(s)	Masiofo Filifilia Imo Tamasese
Mother	Irene Gustava Noue Nelson
Father	Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole
Alma mater	Victoria University of Wellington

Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi (born Olaf "Efi" Tamasese) (born 1 March 1938), is a Samoan politician.^[2]

Tui Atua was Samoa's head of state (O le Ao o le Malo) from 2007 to 2017. He was Prime Minister of Samoa from 1976 to 1982 and again later in 1982.^[3] On 16 June 2007 he was elected as O le Ao o le Malo, Samoa's head of state, for a five-year term.^[4]

References

↑ Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016
↑ Tuimaleali'ifano, Morgan A. (2006). O tama a 'aiga = the politics of succession to Samoa's paramount titles. Institute of Pacific Studies. ISBN 978-982-02-0377-8. OCLC 225140826.
↑ "Genealogy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
↑ New Zealand Herald (16 June 2007). "New head of state for Samoa". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2007.

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[SED-1] Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016

[:0-2] Tuimaleali'ifano, Morgan A. (2006). O tama a 'aiga = the politics of succession to Samoa's paramount titles. Institute of Pacific Studies. ISBN 978-982-02-0377-8. OCLC 225140826.

[3] "Genealogy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2021-05-20.

[election-4] New Zealand Herald (16 June 2007). "New head of state for Samoa". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2007.

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