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词条 Mata'afa
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  1. Title holders

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  3. See also

  4. References

Mata'afa is a high chief title[1] in Samoa under the country's Matai system of socio-political governance where individuals are bestowed with family names.[2] The historical seat of the Mata'afa title is in Amaile in the Atua district at the east end of Upolu island.[3]

The title was vacant from 1997 (with the death of Mata'afa Fa'asuamaleaui Pu'ela Patu) to May 2011, when it was bestowed upon Mata'afa Tupuola Lui, "an 83 year old village chief of Amaile village".[4] After his death in 2014, the title again fell vacant.[5]

Title holders

Holders of the Mata'afa title include;

  • Mata'afa Iosefo (1832–1912), a rival for the 'kingship' of Samoa during the country's colonial era.
  • Mata'afa Tupuola Iose (1912–1915)
  • Mata'afa Muliufi (1915–1936), a member of the Legislative Council
  • Mata'afa Faumuina Fiame Mulinu'u I (died 1948), a leader of Samoa's pro-independence Mau movement.
    • Was married to a daughter of high chief Malietoa Laupepa.
  • Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu’u II (1921–1975), son of Mata'afa Faumuina Fiame Mulinu'u I. First Prime Minister of Samoa.
    • Was married to Laulu Fetauimalemau Mata'afa (1928–2007).

Title was then bestowed upon Mata'afa Puela Faasuamaleaui Patu until 1997 when he passed away

  • Their daughter Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, a high chief and a senior cabinet minister in the Government of Samoa.

Gallery

See also

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  • Fa'amatai, chieflty system of Samoa.
  • Muagututi'a
  • Malietoa
  • Tuimaleali'ifano
  • Tupua Tamasese
  • Tui Manu'a
  • German Samoa
  • History of Samoa
  • Politics of Samoa

References

1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=nnnO_C7NsKEC&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146&dq=Samoa+Prime+Minister+Mata'afa&source=bl&ots=RzXT2-AqrB&sig=FrxSF3XcnvnbvGZj04UgC0TcqJM&hl=en&ei=DKnRSo2iN46StgPAxLzwCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CCYQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Samoa%20Prime%20Minister%20Mata'afa&f=false] Tradition versus democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa by Stephanie Lawson, p. 146
2. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNDgF7Y9hr4C&pg=PA106&dq=Women+matai+5%25&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Women%20matai%205%25&f=false|work=Land rights of Pacific women|title=Western Samoa the Sacred Covenant|first=Aiono|last=Fana'afi Le Tagaloa|page=103|year=1986|publisher=University of the South Pacific;Institute of Pacific Studies|isbn=982-02-0012-1|accessdate=25 February 2010}}
3. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kMKgKanykIUC&pg=PA166&dq=Amaile&cd=10#v=onepage&q=Amaile&f=false|title=The Making of Modern Samoa|first=Malama|last=Meleisea|page=54|year=1987|publisher=University of the South Pacific|isbn=982-02-0031-8|accessdate=8 March 2010}}
4. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=60873 |title=Mata’afa paramount title in Samoa bestowed on 83 year old village chief |date=29 May 2011 |work=Radio New Zealand International |accessdate=22 October 2011}}
5. ^{{cite news |url=https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/11/04/tui-atua-mataafa-tupuola-lui-iosefo-r-p/|title=Tui Atua Mata’afa Tupuola Lui Iosefo R.I.P |date=4 November 2014|accessdate=22 March 2017}}
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