Rapi Sotoa Explained

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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-325569772/view?sectionId=nla.obj-334181114&partId=nla.obj-325655127#page/n22/mode/1up Governor Low Arrives At Pago Pago
  2. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-331809836/view?partId=nla.obj-332011606#page/n137/mode/1up High Chief Rapi Sotoa
  3. Texts of the Organic Act of Guam, Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, Constitution of American Samoa, p50
  4. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-331795624/view?sectionId=nla.obj-341569292&searchTerm=sotoa&partId=nla.obj-331930883#page/n160/mode/1up Sotoa Rapi