The Council of Deputies () is a constitutional body 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 ...

. Its members serve as Deputy

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 ...

and act as head of state when the office of O le Ao o le Malo is vacant or when the incumbent is unable to fulfill their duties due to absence or incapacitation. The Council was established by the

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at independence on 1 January 1962. It consists of between one and three members, who are elected by the Legislative Assembly. If there are no members, the Chief Justice acts in their place.Constitution of Samoa
Constitute Project Elections to the Council are required to take place as soon as possible after a new O le Ao o le Malo is elected.

Members

Tuiaana Tuimalealiʻifano Suatipatipa II Tuiaana Tuimalealiʻifano Suatipatipa II (1914 – 24 July 1974) was a Western Samoan paramount chief, politician and church elder. For most of the period between 1962 and 1974 he was the only member of the Council of Deputies, whose members se ...

(1962–1974) *

Tupua Tamasese Lealofi IV Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Lealofi IV (8 May 1922 – 9 July 1983) was the second prime minister of Samoa from 25 February 1970 to 20 March 1973 and again from 21 May 1975 to 24 March 1976. He held the title of Tupua Tamasese, one of the four main ...

(1968–1970, 1976–1983) *Mataʻafa Puela Faʻasuamaleaui Patu *

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 ...

(1993–2001, 2004–2017) *Faumuina Anapapa (2002–2006) *

Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi (born Olaf "Efi" Tamasese; 1 March 1938) is a Samoan paramount chief and politician. He heads one of Samoa's two royal families, the ''Sā Tupua'' (descendants of Queen Salamasina), through the family ...

(2004–2007, 2025–present) *

Tuiloma Pule Lameko Tuiloma Pule Alaimoana Unasa Lameko Gae’e (6 July 1935 – 1 April 2018) was a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He was a member of the Human Rights Protection Party. Lameko was born in Falealili. Initially educated at a free church schoo ...

(2016–2018)A member of Samoa's Council of Deputies dies
Radio New Zealand, 3 April 2018 *

Le Mamea Ropati Tuiletufuga Le Mamea Ropati Mualia is a former Samoan politician. He has served as a Cabinet Minister, Leader of the Opposition and member of the Council of Deputies. He represented the constituency for Lefaga & Falese'ela for over thirty years. ...

(2016–2024)Samoa has two new members of the council of deputies
Radio New Zealand, 28 January 2016 * Malietoa Moli II (2025–present) * Le Laulu Tiatia Mapesone Mapusua (2025–present)

References

{{Authority control Government of Samoa 1962 establishments in Samoa