Rapi Sotoa | |
Office1: | President of the Senate |
Term1: | 1958–1968 |
Constituency1: | Ta'u County |
Death Date: | 2 February 1970 |
Death Place: | 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.
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]