Events in the year 2023 in
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
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Incumbents
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O le Ao o le Malo
The Independent State of Samoa ( Samoan for "Chief of the government") is the ceremonial head of state of Samoa. The position is described in Part III of the 1960 Samoan constitution. At the time the constitution was adopted, it was anticipa ...
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Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
Afioga Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Eti Sualauvi II (born 29 April 1947) is a Samoan politician who is the current O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) of Samoa, in office since 2017.
Biography
He is a great-grandson of one of the Mau movement ...
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Prime Minister
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Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mataafa (; born 29 April 1957) is a Samoan politician and High Chief (''Faʻamatai, matai'') who has served as the seventh prime minister of Samoa, Prime Minister of Samoa since 2021.
The daughter of Samoa's first Prime Mi ...
Events
''Ongoing –
COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa''
* 24 February –
2023 Vaimauga 3 by-election
* 23 March –
2019 Samoa assassination plot
Nineteen or 19 may refer to:
* 19 (number)
* One of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019
Films
* 19 (film), ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film
* Nineteen (1987 film), ''Nineteen'' (1987 film), a 1987 science fiction film
* ''19-Nineteen'', a 20 ...
: Two men are found guilty of conspiring to kill the former
Prime Minister
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Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi
Susuga Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Neioti Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (born 14 February 1944) is a Samoan politician and economist who served as the sixth prime minister of Samoa from 1998 to 2021. Tuilaepa is Samoa's longest serving prime minister and ...
after a trial before the country's
Supreme Court
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*8 June – Heavy rainfall in
Savai'i, causes widespread
flooding
A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant concern in agriculture, civi ...
and infrastructure damage.
Sports
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2023 Super Rugby Pacific season
The 2023 Super Rugby Pacific Season (known as Harvey Norman Super Rugby Pacific in Australia, Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific in Fiji and DHL Super Rugby Pacific in New Zealand) was the 28th season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competitio ...
References
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2020s in Samoa
Years of the 21st century in Samoa
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...