American Samoa Senate

American Samoa Senate
American Samoa Senate
American Samoa Fono
Type
Type	Upper house
Term limits	None
History
Founded	October 26, 1948
Leadership
President	Tuaolo Fruean (I) ; since January 8, 2021
Structure
Seats	18
Political groups	Non-partisan (16) Democratic (1); Independent (1); ;
Length of term	4 years
Salary	$25,000/year
Website
	www.americansamoa.gov/fono

The American Samoa Senate is the upper house of the American Samoa Fono. The Senate, like the lower House of Representatives, is a nonpartisan body. It is composed of 18 senators, serving a four-year term.

The first name for the upper house of the legislature was Atoa o Aliʻi (“Assembly of Paramount Aliʻis”) when established in 1948. It was replaced with the current American Samoa Senate in 1953.^[1]

^ Sunia, Fofō Iosefa Fiti (2001). Puputoa: Host of Heroes - A record of the history makers in the First Century of American Samoa, 1900-2000. Suva, Fiji: Oceania Printers. Page 190. ISBN 9829036022.

[1] Sunia, Fofō Iosefa Fiti (2001). Puputoa: Host of Heroes - A record of the history makers in the First Century of American Samoa, 1900-2000. Suva, Fiji: Oceania Printers. Page 190. ISBN 9829036022.

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