Politics of Samoa
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The politics of Samoa take place in a framework of parliamentary representative democracy whereby the Prime Minister of Samoa is the head of government. Existing alongside the country's Western-styled
A Samoan government building in the capital Apia, housing administrative ministerial offices. On the roof is a modern version of a traditional oval Samoan fale.
Colonel Robert Ward Tate, NZ Resident Commissioner of Western Samoa and retinue at Mulinuʻu, c. 1919–1923
Prime Minister of Samoa
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The prime minister of the Independent State of Samoa is the head of government of Samoa. The prime minister is a member of the Legislative Assembly, and is appointed by the O le Ao o le Malo for a fiv
Politics of Samoa
…The politics of Samoa take place in a framework of parliamentary representative democracy whereby the Prime Minister of Samoa is the head of government. Existing alongside the country's Western-styled political system is the faʻamatai chiefly system of socio-political governance…
Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt in 2023
Albert Barnes Steinberger
Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II in Wellington 1962
Tupua Tamasese Lealofi IV