Tuanaitau F. Tuia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tuanaitau F. Tuia

American politician

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1920

Place of Birth: Samoa

Date of Death: 22-Jan-2010

Profession: lawyer, businessperson, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Tuanaitau Fa'atamala Tuia (c.
1920 – January 22, 2010) was an American Samoan politician and the longest-serving member of the American Samoan territorial legislature, the Fono, in history.
Tuia served a combined 49 years in the Fono, including thirty years in the American Samoa House of Representatives and seventeen years in the Senate.Tuia was heavily involved in all major political changes and debates in American Samoa between 1961 and 2010.
He was in office more than a decade before the current American Samoa Fono building, completed in 1973, was constructed.
Following Tuia's death in 2010, the longest-serving member of the Fono is currently House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale.