Save Liuato Tuitele

Save Liuato Afa Tuitele (born ?) is an American Samoan retired judge and politician. He was one of six candidates for Governor of American Samoa in the 2012 gubernatorial election.

Tuitele was born in Leloaloa, American Samoa, the son of Save Afa Tuitele, who was from Leone on the main island of Tutuila, and Agatele Tigilau Tuitele, who was originally from Ta'u in the Manu'a Islands. He was raised in Leone, American Samoa, the home village of his father. Tuitele attended Midkiff Elementary School and graduated from the Marist Brothers School in Le'ala, American Samoa. He graduated from Samoana High School in 1965. He and his wife, the former Sarah M. Haleck, have four children and twelve grandchildren.

He attended college while serving in the United States Army, receiving a bachelor's degree in criminal justice administration from Chaminade University of Honolulu and a second bachelor's in business administration from McKendree University.

Tuitele is a retired Chief Warrant Officer for the United States Army, serving for thirty years until his retirement in 2004.

Tuitele then served as an Associate Justice of the High Court of American Samoa until his retirement from the bench in 2011 to pursue a gubernatorial bid in 2012.

Utu Abe Malae, who placed second to Governor Togiola Tulafono in the 2008 gubernatorial election, initially picked Tuitele as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa in the 2012 gubernatorial election. However, Malae, who was serving as the Director of the Northern Marianas Commonwealth Utility Corporation at the time, was forced to withdraw from the race in October 2011 and return to his position in the Northern Mariana Islands Malae had announced his resignation from utility to pursue the 2012 election, but his potential successor as Director was unacceptable to U.S. federal authorities.

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