Tuanaitau F. Tuia

Tuanaitau Fa'atamala Tuia (c. 1920 – January 22, 2010) was an American Samoan politician and the longest-serving member of the American Samoan territorial legislature, the Fono, in history.[1] Tuia served a combined 49 years in the Fono, including thirty years in the American Samoa House of Representatives[2] and seventeen years in the Senate.[1]

Tuia was heavily involved in all major political changes and debates in American Samoa between 1961 and 2010.[2] He was in office more than a decade before the current American Samoa Fono building, completed in 1973, was constructed.[3] Following Tuia's death in 2010, the longest-serving member of the Fono is currently House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale.[4]

  1. ^ a b "American Samoa's longest serving legislator dies". Radio New Zealand International. January 22, 2010. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
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  3. ^ Executive Offices of the Governor American Samoa Government
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