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This is a list of governors, etc. of the part of the Samoan Islands (now comprising American Samoa) under United States administration since 1900. From 1900 to 1978 governors were appointed by the Federal government of the United States. Since that time they have been elected for 4-year terms by the people of American Samoa.
Pula was born in American Samoa. [2] He is the youngest son of 12 children and his father was the first Samoan Director of Education. [3] [4] He grew up in the village of Utulei and attended Utulei elementary school. [2] He later attended Marist Brothers High School where he graduated in 1974 and was the class valedictorian. [2]
Lemanu Palepoi Sialegā Mauga (born January 3, 1960) [1] is an American Samoan politician who served as the eighth governor of American Samoa from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Mauga served as a senator in the American Samoa Senate, where he became the chairman of both the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
The government of American Samoa is defined under the Constitution of American Samoa.As an unincorporated territory, the Ratification Act of 1929 vested all civil, judicial, and military powers in the president, who in turn delegated authority to the secretary of the interior in Executive Order 10264.
Reid has been actively involved in the American Samoa Democratic Party since 2016. He was the first American Samoan to intern at the Democratic National Headquarters in Washington D.C. in 2009. He has been an American Samoa delegate for Barack Obama in 2012, Hillary Clinton in 2016, Joe Biden in 2020, and a super delegate for Kamala Harris in 2024.
The government of American Samoa is defined under the Constitution of American Samoa.. The United States Congress, in the Ratification Act of 1929, provided that until the Congress shall provide for the Government of the islands of American Samoa all civil, judicial, and military powers shall be vested in such person or persons and exercised in such manner as the President of the United States ...
Jason Palmer, the little-known Democratic presidential hopeful who notched a lone, surprising primary win in American Samoa this year, ended his campaign Wednesday. Palmer, an education technology ...
The president of the American Samoa Senate is the presiding officer of that legislature. List of presidents. Name Term Rapi Sotoa: 1958–1968 Salanoa S. P. Aumoeualogo: