Tuimalealiʻifano

Tuimalealiʻifano is one of the four paramount chiefly titles of Samoa, known as the tama a ʻāiga.

The current title-holder is Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II, who has held the title since 1977[1] and currently serves as the head of state of Samoa (O le Ao o le Malo).

[5]: 51  In 1869, he obtained the support of Fuataga and Tafua of Aleipata and Moeono and Tusa of Falefa and Lufilufi and was appointed Tui Ātua, briefly ascending to the position of Tupu Tafaʻifa.

After Sualauvi's death, his youngest son Faʻaoloiʻi succeeded,[5]: 55  and was referred to by the name Tuimalealiʻifano, a contraction of Tui, from Tuitaʻalili, and Lealiʻifano, whose origins are disputed.

[4]: 106 Tuimalealiʻifano Faʻaoloiʻi Siʻuaʻana I lived until 1937, surviving the civil war and colonial rule by Germany and New Zealand.