Mataʻafa Faumuina Fiame Mulinuʻu I

Mataʻafa Faumuina Fiame Mulinuʻu I (1889 — 27 March 1948)[1][2] was a high chief of Samoa and a leader of the country's pro-independence Mau movement during the 1920s and 1930s.

[3]: 73 [4] In late 1926 he attended a meeting with Olaf Frederick Nelson and other independence activists at the home of Samuel Meredith to plan the response to an inquiry into Samoan grievances.

Faumuina suggested that the committee hold public meetings to discuss their grievances, and was a prominent speaker at the first two, calling for lawful change.

[8][9] Following the exile of Olaf Frederick Nelson and arrest of Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III Faumuina became the effective leader of the Mau.

[7] His son, Fiame Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II (1921–1975) became the first Prime Minister of Western Samoa at the country's independence from New Zealand colonial administration.

[26] His granddaughter, Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa is a high-ranking chief Lotofaga, the head of Aiga Sā Levalasi and is the current Prime Minister of Samoa.