Malietoa Tanumafili II

His Highness Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II GCMG CBE
Tanumafili in 1962
O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa
In office 1 January 1962 – 11 May 2007 Serving with Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole until 5 April 1963
Prime Minister	See list Fiame Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II Tupua Tamasese Lealofi IV Tupuola Efi Vaʻai Kolone Tofilau Eti Alesana Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi
Preceded by	Office established (Jack Wright as Administrator)
Succeeded by	Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi
Malietoa
Tenure	7 January 1940 – 11 May 2007
Predecessor	Malietoa Tanumafili I
Successor	Malietoa Moli II
Born	(1913-01-04)4 January 1913 German Samoa
Died	11 May 2007(2007-05-11) (aged 94) Motoʻotua, Samoa
Burial	(2007-05-18)18 May 2007 Mulinuʻu, Samoa
Spouse	Le Afioga i le Masiofo, Lili Tunu ​ ​ (m. 1940; died 1986)​
Father	Malietoa Tanumafili I
Mother	Momoe Lupeuluiva Meleisea

Malietoa Tanumafili II GCMG CBE (4 January 1913 – 11 May 2007) was a Samoan paramount chief and politician who was O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) of Samoa from its independence in 1962, and the holder of the Malietoa title from 1940, until his death in 2007.

After becoming the Malietoa, he worked as a civil servant and parliamentarian. When the state of Western Samoa was founded in 1962, gaining independence from New Zealand, he became joint head of state with Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole, who died on 15 April 1963, after which he remained the office's sole occupant until his own death.^[1]