Rapi Sotoa

Rapi Sotoa (died 2 February 1970) was an American Samoan chief and politician. He served as President of the Senate between 1958 and 1968.

Rapi Sotoa
President of the Senate
In office
1958–1968
ConstituencyTa'u County
Personal details
Died2 February 1970
Tutuila, American Samoa

Biography

A high chief, Sotoa became chairman of the Council of Paramount Chiefs.[1] Prior to entering politics he was a civil servant, starting work as a sanitation inspector in 1949.[2]

In 1958 he became President of the Senate, holding the post for ten years. As a Senator, he was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1960, and one of the signatories of the constitution.[3] In 1968 he became an assistant to the Governor.[2]

He died on 2 February 1970 in Tutuila.[4]

References
  1. Governor Low Arrives At Pago Pago Pacific Islands Monthly, December 1953, p21
  2. High Chief Rapi Sotoa Pacific Islands Monthly, May 1970, p132
  3. Texts of the Organic Act of Guam, Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, Constitution of American Samoa, p50
  4. Sotoa Rapi Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1970, p157
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