Galeai Moaaliitele Tuufuli
Galeai Moaaliitele Tuufuli | |
|---|---|
| American Samoa Commissioner of Public Safety | |
| Prime Minister | 1992 |
| Governor | A. P. Lutali Peter Tali Coleman |
| Member of the American Samoa Senate from the Manu'a 1 district | |
| In office 3 January 2008 – 24 October 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1937 |
| Died | 24 October 2018 (aged 80–81) |
| Party | American Samoa Democratic Party[1] |
Galeai Moaaliitele Tuufuli (c. 1937 – October 24, 2018) was an American Samoan politician.
Biography
Tuufuli taught at the American Samoa Community College from 1976 to 1982. He also served as the police commissioner from 1985 to 1992. Tuufuli was a paramount chief and served in the American Samoa Senate for the Manu'a District, American Samoa in the late 1990's.[2] He was re-elected to the Senate in 2008, and re-elected in December 2012, for the 2013-2017 term.[2] He was re-elected in November 2016 for the 2017-2021 term.[3]
In 2017 he was given an award as the longest-serving government employee.[4] He died at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward, California at age 81.[5][6][7]
Legacy
The Afioga Galeai Moaaliitele Tuufuli Central Police Station in Pago Pago is named in his honour.[8]
Notes
- ↑ Sunia, Fofō Iosefa Fiti (2001). Puputoa: Host of Heroes - A record of the history makers in the First Century of American Samoa, 1900-2000. Suva, Fiji: Oceania Printers. Page 40. ISBN 9829036022.
- 1 2 "Manu'a District #1 returns Galea'i to Senate, along with Saoluaga T. Nua". Samoa News. December 5, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ↑ "Manu'a Dist. 1 returns both of their senators for 2nd consecutive 4-year terms". Samoa News. November 28, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ↑ "Senator Galeai honored". Samoa News. May 27, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ↑ "Manu'a senator PC Galea'i M. Tuufuli passes away at 81 in California". Samoa News. October 25, 2018. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ↑ "Prominent American Samoa Senator dies". RNZ. October 25, 2018.
- ↑ "Senator Galeai Moaaliitele Tu'ufuli passes away". Talanei. October 24, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ↑ "Historic building reopens in Pago Pago after renovation". RNZ. April 16, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2022.