Afioga Tuatagaloa Leutele Teʻo Satele Simaile (31 May 1908 – 28 July 1980) was a Western Samoan high chief and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1951 until 1970 and as Minister of Education and Minister of Justice between 1956 and 1967. He was a High Chief of Poutasi, Falefa and Safata.
Biography Simaile was born in 1908 and worked as a clerk, trader and planter.Lauofo Meti (2002) Samoa: The Making of the Constitution, p326 He was conferred with the chiefly titles Leutele, Teʻo and Satele, before becoming Tuatagaloa in the 1940s. He became a member of the Fono of Faipule, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly from the Atua constituency in 1951. He was appointed to the Executive Council in 1953.Samoa's Executive Council Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1953, p131 In the 1954 elections he received the same number of votes as Fonoti Ioane. It was decided that as the incumbent, Simaile should remain the representative for the constituency, while Ioane was made a non-constituency member.United Nations Trusteeship Council 542nd Meeting United Nations The Executive Council introduced a Member System in 1956 and Simaile became Member for Education.Meti, p39
When the Legislative Assembly was reconstituted in 1957. he was re-elected from the Falealili constituency and was appointed Minister of Education in the new government, also initially holding the portfolio of Broadcasting. When Eugene Paul was appointed Leader of Government Business in 1958, he took on District Affairs, with Faalavaau Galu taking on Broadcasting. Important New Post in W. Samoa Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1958 He was part of the 1960 Constitutional Assembly and a signatory of the independence constitution. He was re-elected in 1961 and renamed Minister of Education until the 1964 elections, after which he was appointed Minister of Justice.
Although Simaile was re-elected in 1967, he was dropped from the cabinet. He did not contest the 1970 elections.Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016 Samoa Election Results Database
He died in Poutasi in 1980 at the age of 72.Tuatagaloa Samaile Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1980, p65
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