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. [1] 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. [2]
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. [2] [1]
Sources
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b "PARAMOUNT CHIEF LETULITOLOA, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF AMERICAN SAMOA" (PDF). Congressional Record. 1 February 1996. Retrieved 22 March 2022.