Council of Deputies

The Council of Deputies (Samoan: Sui O Le Fono a Sui Tofia) is a constitutional body in Samoa. Its members serve as Deputy O le Ao o le Malo and act as head of state when the O le Ao o le Malo is unable to fulfill their duties due to absence or incapacitation.

For the Libyan parliament (also known as the Council of Deputies), see House of Representatives (Libya).
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The Council was established by the constitution at independence. It consists of between one and three members, who are elected by the Legislative Assembly.[1] If there are no members, the Chief Justice acts in their place.[1] Elections to the Council are required to take place as soon as possible after a new O le Ao o le Malo is elected.[1]

Members
gollark: It's like if someone said "cars are vital to the modern economy, so our children need to learn how to ~~use cars~~ build cars from scratch".
gollark: Not one which needs to be taught in schools over possibly more important things (not that schools teach many important things).
gollark: Not very related, but I am quite annoyed by the government here (UK)'s push to make everyone "code" as if it's the most important thing ever.
gollark: ...
gollark: This is a hardware thing, not software.

References
  1. Constitution of Samoa Constitute Project
  2. Brij V. Lal & Kate Fortune (2000) The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1 p286
  3. Tupua Tamasese Lealofi IV Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1983
  4. State funeral in Samoa for the late Member of the Council of Deputies Radio New Zealand, 16 June 2006
  5. Samoa has two new members of the council of deputies Radio New Zealand, 28 January 2016
  6. A member of Samoa's Council of Deputies dies Radio New Zealand, 3 April 2018
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