Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II

Politician

1921 – 1975

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Who was Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II?

Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu’u II, C.B.E. was a paramount chief and the first Prime Minister of Samoa. He was Prime Minister from October 1, 1959 until February 1970 and again from March 1973 until his death in 1975. He was bestowed the paramount matai chief title of Mata'afa in 1948, following the death of his father, Mata'afa Faumuina Fiame Mulinu'u I, a leader of Samoa's pro-independent Mau movement.

In 1957, he entered national politics in the general election from the electoral constituency of Lotofaga in the Atua district at the east end of Upolu island.

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Aug 5, 1921
Samoa
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May 20, 1975

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