MALIETOA TANUMAFILI II Part 1 of 4 (4 Jan.1913 - 11 May 2007)

MALIETOA TANUMAFILI II Part 1 of 4 (4 Jan.1913 - 11 May 2007)
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Mālietoa Tanumafili II GCMG CBE (4 January 1913 – 11 May 2007), addressed Susuga Mālietoa Tanumafili II, was the Mālietoa, the title of one of Sāmoa's four paramount chiefs,[1] and the Head of State, or 'O le Ao o le Mālō, a position that he held for life, of Samoa from 1962 to 2007. He was co-Head of State in 1962 with the Tama-a-'āiga Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole and became the sole Head of State on 15 April 1963 upon the death of his counterpart.[2] At the time of his death, Mālietoa Tanumafili II, was the oldest national leader in the world, and was also the last incumbent president-for-life in the world.

The Mālietoa is one of the four Tama-a-'āiga (maximal lineage) titles of Sāmoa, alongside Tupua Tamasese, Matā'afa and Tuimaleali'ifano.

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