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Malietoa Tanumafili II

Malietoa Tanumafili II
▪ 2008

      Samoan head of state

born Jan. 4, 1912

died May 11, 2007, Apia, Samoa
was the world's oldest reigning monarch and the third longest serving (after King Bhumibol Adulyade of Thailand and the U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II). He studied in New Zealand at St. Stephen's College and Wesley College and succeeded to the chiefly title Malietoa after his father, Malietoa Tanumafili I, died in 1939. He was appointed (1940) an adviser to the New Zealand colonial administration, represented Samoan interests at the UN in 1958, and played a large role in the independence negotiations with New Zealand. Malietoa became joint head of state (O le Ao o le Malo), with Tupua Tamasese Meaole, in 1962 when Western Samoa (renamed Samoa in 1997) achieved independence, and he presided as lone head of state for life after Tupua died in 1963. Samoa's constitution, however, determined that Malietoa's successor would be chosen by the elected legislature and appointed to a five-year term.

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