Rapi Sotoa
Rapi Sotoa | |
|---|---|
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| President of the Senate | |
| In office 1958–1968 | |
| Constituency | Ta'u County |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 2 February 1970 Tutuila, American Samoa |
Rapi Sotoa (died 2 February 1970) was an American Samoan chief and politician. He served as President of the Senate between 1958 and 1968.
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Governor Low Arrives At Pago Pago Pacific Islands Monthly, December 1953, p21
- ^ a b High Chief Rapi Sotoa Pacific Islands Monthly, May 1970, p132
- ^ Texts of the Organic Act of Guam, Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, Constitution of American Samoa, p50
- ^ Sotoa Rapi Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1970, p157