Fagaoalii Satele Sunia
| Fagaoalii Satele Sunia | |
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| First Lady of American Samoa | |
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In role January 3, 1997 – March 26, 2003 |
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| Governor | Tauese Sunia |
| Preceded by | Susana Le'iato Lutali |
| Succeeded by | Mary Ann Tulafono |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1946 Lefagaoalii, Savaii, Western Samoa Trust Territory |
| Died | September 5, 2015 Faga'alu, American Samoa |
| Spouse(s) | Tauese Sunia (1969–2003; his death) |
| Children | Ten |
Fagaoalii Lefagaoali'i Satele Sunia (c. 1946 – September 5, 2015) was an American Samoan literacy advocate and educator. She served as the First Lady of American Samoa from January 1997 to March 2003 during the tenure of her husband, former Governor Tauese Sunia, who died in office in 2003. An advocate for literacy, Sunia established and operated Read to Me Samoa Program to promote reading in American Samoa. She also created the Tauese P. Sunia Memorial, a museum and visitor attraction located at her home in Fogagogo, Tutuila, is dedicated to her late husband.
Sunia was one of the few women to be ordained a deacon in the Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa (CCCAS).
Born Lefagaoali'i Satele, Sunia was named after Lefagaoalii, the village where she was born on the island of Savaii, Western Samoa Trust Territory (the present-day Independent State of Samoa). She was the oldest of her parents' eleven children. Her parents, Alo o Salamasina Satele Mosegi and Mata’ia Avaiu Mauigoa-Satele, were Christian ministers for the London Missionary Society from the village of Vailoatai in Western District, American Samoa. The London Missionary Society is now known as the Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa and Samoa.
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