Letuli Toloa

Letuli Toloa was an American Samoa paramount chief and the longest-serving President of the American Samoa Senate (at the time of his death).[1] From 1989 until his death on January 30, 1996, Paramount Chief Punefu-ole-motu Letuli Toloa served as Senate President.

Personal life

Toloa received the chiefly title “Letuli” while serving for the U.S. Coast Guard in Pago Pago.[2] Letuli Toloa died on January 30, 1996, during his sixth term as Senate President. He was survived by his wife, Saolotoga Savali Letuli, and their six children and ten grandchildren.[3][4]

Career

Toloa served over twenty years in the U.S. Coast Guard before serving as Governor for the Western District from 1974-1977. He also served as a Police Commissioner prior to entering the Senate. In 1978, he was appointed Commissioner of Public Safety for American Samoa. Three years later, in 1981, Chief Toloa became a Senator representing his district in the American Samoa Senate. In 1989, Letuli was elected as President of the American Samoa Senate.[5][6]

Sources
  1. Sunia, Fofō I. F. (1998). The Story of the Legislature of American Samoa: In Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee 1948-1998. Pago Pago, AS: Legislature of American Samoa. Page 263. ISBN 9789829008015.
  2. Sunia, Fofō I. F. (1998). The Story of the Legislature of American Samoa: In Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee 1948–1998. Pago Pago, AS: Legislature of American Samoa. Page 263. ISBN 9789829008015.
  3. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-1996-02-01/html/CREC-1996-02-01-pt1-PgS861.htm
  4. https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/1996/02/01/senate-section/article/S861-1
  5. https://www.congress.gov/crec/1996/02/01/CREC-1996-02-01-pt1-PgS861.pdf
  6. Sunia, Fofō I. F. (1998). The Story of the Legislature of American Samoa: In Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee 1948-1998. Pago Pago, AS: Legislature of American Samoa. Page 263. ISBN 9789829008015.
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