A. P. Lutali

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A.P. Lutali
Lutali in 1986
38th and 40th Governor of American Samoa
In office multiple terms – see succession box
Preceded by	see succession box
Succeeded by	see succession box
Born	December 24, 1919 (1919-12-24) Aunu'u Island, American Samoa
Died	August 1, 2002 Pago Pago, American Samoa
Political party	Democratic
Profession	school administrator, judge

Aifili Paulo Lauvao (December 24, 1919 - August 1, 2002), was governor of American Samoa (1985-89, 1993-97). The founder of the U.S. commonwealth's Democratic Party, he had a long career in the legislature and the judiciary in American Samoa. From 1951 to 1954, he served as administrative supervisor for public schools. He was chairman of the Samoan Culture Curriculum Committee from 1952 to 1954, a member of the Board of Education from 1955 to 1958, and chairman of the first American Samoa Board of Higher Education, which established the American Samoa Community College, Mapusaga, in 1974. He was admitted to practice in the High Court of American Samoa in 1954 and was one of the founders of the American Samoa Bar Association in 1972. He served as chief judge of the Lands and Titles Division. He was elected to the Samoan House of Representatives in 1955 and served as its speaker in 1955-58. He was chairman of the 1966 Constitution Convention and was American Samoa's Washington, D.C., delegate at large from 1975 to 1977. He was selected for the American Samoa Senate in 1977 and was elected president in his first year. He was first elected governor of American Samoa in 1984 and lost his bid for a second term in 1988. In 1989, he was returned by his district Sa'ole to the Senate where he served as chairman of the Committee on Government Operations until he was again elected governor in 1992. Lutali played a key role in working with Samoan chiefs and the U.S. Congress to create the 50th national park of the United States in American Samoa. He lost his bid for a third term as governor in the 1996 elections.

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