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Malietoa Tanumafili II
O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa from 1962 to 2007
Malietoa Tanumafili IIGCMG CBE (4 January 1913 – 11 May 2007) was a Samoan paramount chief who was O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) of Samoa from its independence in 1962 until his death in 2007.
He was appointed to the high title of Malietoa in 1940.
When the state of Western Samoa was founded in 1962, he became joint head of state with Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole, who died on 15 April 1963, after which he remained the office's sole occupant until his own death.[1][2]
Early life
Tanumafili was born on 4 January 1913 as the son and third child of his parents, Malietoa Tanumafili I and Momoe Lupeuluiva Meleisea.[3] His birth date was put into question near the end of his life, as the government opted to celebrate his 95th birthday, rather than his 94th, in 2007, claiming it had obtained recorded evidence which instead gave his year of birth as 1912.[4][5]
