Governor tauese sunia biography
- Tauese Tuailemafua Pita Fiti Sunia (August 29, 1941 – March 26, 2003) was an American Samoan politician who served as the fifth governor of American Samoa.
- Tauese Tuailemafua Pita Fiti Sunia was an American Samoan politician who served as the fifth governor of American Samoa from 1997 until his death in 2003.
- Tauese P. F. Sunia was born in Fagatogo, American Samoa.
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Tauese P. F. Sunia was born in Fagatogo, American Samoa. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Kearny State Teachers’ College in Nebraska, a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Hawaii, and an honorary doctorate from the Golden Gate University. Governor Sunia spent many years as a teacher, educational television instructor, administrator, American Samoa Community College vice president and territorial director of education. He started practicing law as a counselor for Samoan land and title cases in 1968, and later served as president of the American Samoa Bar Association from 1991-92. Governor Sunia had also served as a deacon with the Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa since 1971. The highest Am. Samoa Ta’u Island talking chief title “Tauese” was conferred upon him in 1984.
He became Lt. Governor during the Governor A.P. Lutali electorate of 1993-96. Afterwards, he was elected twice as Governor of American Samoa in 1996 and again in 2000, thereby becoming the
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Tauese Tuailemafua Pita Fiti Sunia (1941 - 2003)
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Son of FitI Sunia and Savali F (Enoka) Sunia
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Tauese Sunia was an American Samoan politician who served as the fifth governor of American Samoa from 1997 until his death in 2003.
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- Wikipedia:Tauese Sunia
- Ancestry.com. Colorado, U.S., County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
- The Honolulu Advertiser (Honolulu, HawaiI), March 28, 2003, Section B, Page 1; https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-honolulu-advertiser-obituary-for-tau/133967568/.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237420702/tauese-tuailemafua_pita_fiti-sunia: accessed ), memorial p
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About: Tauese Sunia
dbo:abstract - Ο Ταουέζε Σούνια (Tauese Tuailemafua Pita Fiti Sunia, 1941-2003) ήταν κυβερνήτης στην Αμερικανική Σαμόα από το 1997 ως το θάνατό του. Υπήρξε χαρισματικός πολιτικός και διακρίθηκε για τη ρητορική του ικανότητα. Πέθανε κατά τη δεύτερή του θητεία. Υπήρξε μέλος του Δημοκρατικού Κόμματος των ΗΠΑ. (el)
- Tauese Tuailemafua Pita Fiti Sunia (* 29. August 1941 in Fagatogo, Amerikanisch-Samoa; † 26. März 2003 auf dem Weg nach Hawaii) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1997 und 2003 war er Gouverneur von Amerikanisch-Samoa. (de)
- Tauese Sunia (né le 29 août 1941 à Fagatogo et mort le 26 mars 2003 près de Hawaï) est le 55e gouverneur des Samoa américaines. Il exerça cette fonction du 3 janvier 1997 au 26 mars 2003, date de sa mort alors qu'il se déplaçait pour un traitement médical. (fr)
- Tauese Tuailemafua Pita Fiti Sunia (August 29, 1941 – March 26, 2003) was an American Samoan politician who served as the 5th Governor of American Samoa from 1997 until his death in 2003. He was the second governor of American Samoa to die
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