Malietoa Tanumafili II
Malietoa Tanumafili II was born on January 4, 1913. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Malietoa Tanumafili II
Malietoa Tanumafili II (4 January 1913 – 11 May 2007) was a Samoan paramount chief and politician who was O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) of Samoa from its independence in 1962, and the Malietoa titleholder from 1940, until his death in 2007. In his earlier career, he worked as a civil servant and parliamentarian. When Western Samoa gained independence from New Zealand as a sovereign state in 1962, he became joint head of state with Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole, who died on 5 April 1963, after which he remained the office's sole occupant until his own death.