Le Tagaloa Pita - 50 year anniversary of the Independence of Samoa

Le Tagaloa Pita was actually in the United States at the time of independence as a sophomore at Drew University. Le Tagaloa is a paramount chief and former Member of Parliament for Samoa. He is a high chief from Gautavai and holds the paramount title of Le Tagaloa in Sili, Savaii. He has an honorary doctorate from Drew University. During his political career, he was a founding member of the Human Rights Protection Party and a Cabinet Minister with the portfolios of economic affairs and the post office. Prior to entering politics, Le Tagaloa was Acting Principal o the South Pacific Regional College of Tropical Agriculture. He was elected for a second term in parliament at the 1973 General Elections and retained his seat in the same electorate until the year 2000.

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