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American Samoa Fono
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Bicameral
HousesSenate
House of Representatives
History
FoundedOctober 26, 1948
(75 years ago)
 (1948-10-26)
Leadership
President of the Senate
Tuaolo Manaia Fruean (NP)
since 2021
Speaker of the House
Savali Talavou Ale (R)
since January 4, 2007
Structure
Seats39 voting members
  • 18 senators
  • 21 representatives
Senate political groups
  •   Non-partisan (18)
House of Representatives political groups
  •   Non-partisan (20)
  •   Swains Island delegate (1)
Elections
Last Senate election
November 8, 2022
Last House of Representatives election
November 8, 2022
Next Senate election
November, 2024
Next House of Representatives election
November, 2024
Website
www.americansamoa.gov/fono
Constitution
Constitution of American Samoa

The American Samoa Fono is the territorial legislature of American Samoa. Like most states and territorial legislatures of the United States, it is a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives and a Senate. The legislature is located in Fagatogo along Pago Pago harbor.

It is the only legislature on the state or territorial level in the United States that is both bicameral and nonpartisan. The Nebraska Legislature is similarly nonpartisan yet is a unicameral body.

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American Samoa Senate

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Government of American Samoa

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dependency, whereby the Governor of American Samoa is the head of government. Legislative power is vested in the American Samoa Fono. The judiciary is independent...

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Politics of American Samoa

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faʻa Sāmoa is the language and customs, and the fa'amatai the protocols of the fono (council) and the chiefly system. The fa'amatai and the fono take...

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American Samoa

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legislature, the American Samoa Fono, which meets in the village of Fagatogo. In 1950 the Department of the Interior began to administer American Samoa. By 1956...

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Administrative divisions of American Samoa

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Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa

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Elections in American Samoa

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Politics of Samoa

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for non-Samoans. At the local level, much of the country's civil and criminal matters are dealt with by some 360 village chief councils, Fono o Matai...

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History of American Samoa

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into Samoa (Western Samoa, Independent Samoa) and American Samoa (Eastern Samoa). The pre-colonial history of Eastern Samoa (now American Samoa) is inextricably...

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2014 American Samoan general election

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held in American Samoa on 4 November 2014, alongside a constitutional referendum. Voters elected members of the Fono and the American Samoan delegate...

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2008 American Samoan general election

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the ballot. The American Samoa Fono passed the proposal giving itself the authority to override a veto by the Governor of American Samoa. The proposal was...

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Samoa

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Outline of American Samoa

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of American Samoa Cabinet of American Samoa American Samoa Fono (bicameral and nonpartisan) Upper house: American Samoa Senate Lower house: American Samoa...

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2020 American Samoan general election

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Territories of the United States

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the Caribbean Sea and eleven in the Pacific Ocean. Five territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin...

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Fagaoalii Satele Sunia

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2024 American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses

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The 2024 American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses were held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential...

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Peter Tali Coleman

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also laid the foundation for the American Samoa Fono legislature and produced the official seal and flag of American Samoa. When the Democrats overtook the...

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Andra Samoa

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serving in the American Samoa Fono in 2019. She lost reelection in 2022. Andra Theresa Samoa grew up in Leone, Tutuila, American Samoa. She was the chief...

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List of legislatures by number of members

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Owen Aspinall

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