Vaʻaletoa Sualauvi II.

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Highness Tui Aʻana Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II., 2017

Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoa Sualauvi II. (Born April 29, 1947 in Upolu , Samoa ), in simplified script Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II , is a Samoan politician and, since July 21, 2017, the fourth head of state ( O le Ao o le Malo ) of Samoa after taking the oath of office since independence.

Life

After completing school at Samoa College in Apia on Upolu Island , Sualauvi studied law at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra (Bachelor of Laws) and theology at Malua Theological College and Bible School in Malua , Samoa (diploma in theological studies). He initially worked as a teacher, entered the police service and became chief inspector of the Samoa Police Service. He spent three years in New Zealand as a police officer . He then pursued a legal career and became a Solicitor (Principal State Solicitor) at the Office of the Attorney General, then a legal defender in the Department of Justice and at the Supreme Court of Samoa . He has been a member of the Council of Deputies since the 15th parliament, the unicameral Fono parliament .

On July 5, 2017, he was appointed by the 16th Fono as the new head of state to succeed Tufuga Efi , who did not take up a third term. He was sworn in on July 21, 2017 and is in office for five years.

Sualauvi has had the chief title Tuimalealiʻifano since 1977 . The first bearer with the name Sualauvi was Tuimalealiʻifano Toʻoa Sualauvi († 1870), a chief of the Sa Tauaʻana. He is a lay preacher and dean in the A'ana District of the Presbyterian-oriented Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (CCCS) with the honorary title Afioga .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II. Short biography on the website of the Samoan government. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Samoa elects new Head of State. In: New Zealand Herald, July 5, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Samoa Parliament Selects New Head Of State. In: Pacific Islands Report of July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Sualauvi II., Vaʻaletoa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sualauvi II, Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoa; Sualauvi II, Afioga Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoa; Sualauvi II, Vaaletoa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Samoan politician and head of state of Samoa
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Upolu , Samoa