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Peter Tali Coleman (1919-1997) —
Born in Pago Pago, American
Samoa, December
8, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; American
Samoa territory attorney general, 1955-56; Governor of
American Samoa, 1956-61, 1978-85, 1989-93.
Catholic.
Samoan ancestry.
Died, of cancer, in
Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, April 28,
1997 (age 77 years, 141
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Tufele Faatoia Liamatua (1940-2011) —
also known as Tufele Liamatua —
Born in American Samoa, September, 1940.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of American Samoa, 1978-85.
Samoan ancestry.
Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, November
13, 2011 (age 71 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Galea'i Peni Poumele (1924-1992) —
Born December
8, 1924.
Lieutenant
Governor of American Samoa, 1989-92; died in office 1992.
Samoan ancestry.
Died in July, 1992
(age 67
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Amata Coleman Radewagen —
also known as Amata C. Radewagen —
of Pago Pago, American
Samoa.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from American
Samoa, 1988,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Republican National Committee from American Samoa, 1988-;
candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from American Samoa, 1994, 2006.
Female.
Asian/Pacific ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia (b. 1937) —
also known as Fofó I. F. Sunia —
of Pago Pago, American
Samoa.
Born in Fagasá, Pago Pago, American
Samoa, March 13,
1937.
Son of Fiti Sunia.
Democrat. Member of American
Samoa senate, 1970-78; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from American Samoa, 1981-88; resigned 1988; indicted
in 1988 on charges
of running a payroll
padding scheme, and resigned
as Delegate.
Samoan ancestry.
Still living as of 1989.
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Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia (b. 1943) —
Born in Fagatogo, American
Samoa, March 27,
1943.
Son of Fiti Sunia.
Lawyer;
treasurer
of American Samoa Territory, 1993-94, 2001-03; Lieutenant
Governor of American Samoa, 2003-.
Samoan ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Tauese Pita Fiti Sunia (1941-2003) —
also known as Tauese P. F. Sunia —
Born in Fagatogo, American
Samoa, August
29, 1941.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of American Samoa, 1993-97; Governor of
American Samoa, 1997-2003; died in office 2003; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from American Samoa, 2000.
Congregationalist.
Samoan ancestry.
Died, on a flight
to Hawaii for medical treatment, over the Pacific
Ocean, March 26,
2003 (age 61 years, 209
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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