His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta’isi Efi is Samoa’s former Head of State and held this position 2007 to 2017. He was a former Prime Minister of Samoa, Leader of the, then, Opposition Party (Samoa Democratic United Party) and a Member of the Samoa Parliament from 1966‒2004. He holds nationally recognised traditional chiefly titles and is seen across Samoa to be one of the leading custodians of Samoa’s indigenous knowledge. He is recognised internationally for his work on, what he describes as, Samoa’s indigenous reference.
