
politician
Was the Tupua Tamasese from 1929 to 1963, a Samoan paramount chief
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Join the roomTupua Tamasese Meaʻole was O le Ao o le Malo of Western Samoa, serving jointly with Malietoa Tanumafili II from its independence in 1962 until his death the following year. He succeeded to the Tupua Tamasese title in 1929, following the assassination of Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III.