About Tufuga Fatu
Lived 1914 – 1981 (aged 66–67). Tufuga Fatu was a civil servant.
Tauaanae Tufuga Fatuatia (5 February 1914 – 5 December 1981) was a Western Samoan chief and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1954 until 1964, and as Minister for Health from 1961 to 1964.
Biography Born in 1914, Fatu attended Avele College and became a schoolteacher. He was conferred with the Tufuga title in the 1930s, He unsuccessfully contested the constitutuency again in 1970 and 1976.
In 1981 he was elected to the executive committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. However, he died in December the same year at the age of 67.
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Who was Tufuga Fatu?
Samoan politician
When was Tufuga Fatu born?
Tufuga Fatu was born in 1914.
When did Tufuga Fatu die?
Tufuga Fatu died on 5 December 1981 in Apia.
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Tufuga Fatu was a civil servant.
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