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Malietoa Tanumafili II

1913 - 2007

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Malietoa Tanumafili II (4 January 1913 – 11 May 2007) was a Samoan paramount chief and politician who was O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) of Samoa from its independence in 1962, and the holder of the Malietoa title from 1940, until his death in 2007. After becoming the Malietoa, he worked as a civil servant and parliamentarian. When the state of Western Samoa was founded in 1962, gaining independence from New Zealand, he became joint head of state with Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole, who died on 15 April 1963, after which he remained the office's sole occupant until his own death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Malietoa Tanumafili II is the 9,494th most popular politician (down from 9,365th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Samoa (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Samoan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Malietoa Tanumafili II ranks 9,494 out of 19,576. Before him are Chuan Leekpai, Faure Gnassingbé, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Jacob Hutter, George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Adelaide of Susa. After him are Hiranuma Kiichirō, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Bongsang of Goguryeo, Mirek Topolánek, Shalmaneser II, and Orodes I of Parthia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Malietoa Tanumafili II ranks 137. Before him are Peko Dapčević, Nikolai Amosov, Sourou-Migan Apithy, Waldemar de Brito, Gisela Mauermayer, and Andre DeToth. After him are Eiji Toyoda, Donald Maclean, George Koval, Richard Tucker, Véra Clouzot, and Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz. Among people deceased in 2007, Malietoa Tanumafili II ranks 141. Before him are Andrej Kvašňák, Charles Lane, June Almeida, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Barbara West, and Bo Yibo. After him are Mikhail Ulyanov, Evel Knievel, John P. Ryan, Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, Jörg Immendorff, and Soe Win.

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In Samoa

Among people born in Samoa, Malietoa Tanumafili II ranks 5 out of 8. Before him are Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (1945), Va'aletoa Sualauvi II (1947), Tufuga Efi (1938), and Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (1957). After him are David Tua (1972), Pua Magasiva (1980), Frankie Adams (1994), and Marion Faustino Ah Tong (2000).

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Among POLITICIANS In Samoa

Among politicians born in Samoa, Malietoa Tanumafili II ranks 5. Before him are Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (1945), Va'aletoa Sualauvi II (1947), Tufuga Efi (1938), and Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (1957).

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