Tuli Le’iato

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Paramount Chief Tuli Le’iato (November 17, 1917 – October 5, 1983) of Faga’itua, was a Fa'amatai leader and politician on the Islands of Tutuila, and Aunu'u in American Samoa. In addition to his Fa'a Samoa title he was sworn in on June 21, 1963, as the Secretary of Samoan Affairs under Governor H. Rex Lee. A letter written by Paramount Chief Tuli Le'ato on September 7, 1962, to President Kennedy is on display in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.^[1]

Immediately after the death of Le’iato's death, the Le'ato title was passed on to his son (or nephew) Eteuati Tupua Le'iato, who is named on the List of Speakers of the American Samoa House of Representatives.

The royal title Le'iato is second only to King (Tui) of Manuʻa of American Samoa.

Le'iato is the ancestor to many prominent Samoan figures including multimedia activist and filmmaker Queen Muhammad Ali.^[2]

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