Tuiaʻana Tafu Letuli | |
Office1: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Constituency1: | Tuālāuta County |
Term Start1: | 1952 |
Term End1: | 1957 |
Birth Date: | 5 August 1905[1] |
Birth Place: | ʻIliʻili, American Samoa |
Death Place: | Honolulu, United States |
Tuiaʻana Tafu Letuli (5 August 1905 – 13 May 1967) was an American Samoan High Chief and politician.[2] He served as a member of the American Samoa House of Representatives between 1952 and 1957, and then as Chief of Police from 1957 until his death in 1967.
Letuli was born in ʻIliʻili.[3] He served in the United States Navy between June 1931 and June 1951 and became a member of the American Samoa House of Representatives, serving until 1957.[1] [3] He represented Tuālāuta County.[4] He then became Chief of Police.[3]
Letuli died on 13 May 1967 at the age of 61 during a trip to Honolulu to see three American Samoan officers graduate from the Honolulu Police Academy.[3]