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Rapi Sotoa

Rapi Sotoa

American Samoan politician

Rapi Sotoa (died 2 February 1970) was an American Samoan chief and politician. He served as President of the Senate between 1958 and 1968.

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Biography

A high chief, Sotoa became chairman of the Council of Paramount Chiefs.[1] Prior to entering politics he was a civil servant, starting work as a sanitation inspector in 1949.[2]

In 1958 he became President of the Senate, holding the post for ten years. As a Senator, he was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1960, and one of the signatories of the constitution.[3] In 1968 he became an assistant to the Governor.[2]

He died on 2 February 1970 in Tutuila.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Governor Low Arrives At Pago Pago Pacific Islands Monthly, December 1953, p21
  2. [2]
    High Chief Rapi Sotoa Pacific Islands Monthly, May 1970, p132
  3. [3]
    Texts of the Organic Act of Guam, Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, Constitution of American Samoa, p50
  4. [4]
    Sotoa Rapi Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1970, p157
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