Peter Tali Coleman (December 8, 1919 – April 28, 1997) was an American Samoan politician and lawyer.

In 1955 he was briefly appointed by the Republican federal government as the first Attorney General of American Samoa and then became governor in 1956.

During his first administration, Coleman chaired the convention that drafted the Constitution of American Samoa, containing the bill of rights and providing protection for Samoans against alienation of their lands and loss of their culture.

[2][3][4] When the Democrats overtook the federal government, he was replaced and appointed to different administrative positions for Pacific islands.

His parents were Navyman Patrick Dyke Coleman from Washington, DC, and Amata Auma from the Uifaatali family.

Coleman later joined the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of captain during World War II.

When the Republican Party lost the White House in 1960, Coleman was assigned as deputy high commissioner of the U.S. Trust Territories.

[5][16] Coleman's legacy includes the effort to incorporate American Samoa in the Social Security system and the recognition and promotion of tourism as an economic development strategy.

These included changes to the judiciary system with the addition of the district and village courts, the start of the Teacher Corps program, the addition of renal dialysis at LBJ Hospital, and the completion of the Aua-Top Mle and Aoa-Amouli roads.