2007 Samoan o le Ao o le Malo election


The Samoan Fono elected the second o le Ao o le Malo on June 16, 2007 after the death of the country's head of state for four and a half decades, Malietoa Tanumafili II, in May 2007. Former Prime Minister Tupuola Taisi Tufuga Efi was elected unopposed by the 49-member strong parliament.