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List of Colonial Heads of Samoa
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
German Samoa German Samoa German Samoa was a German protectorate from 1900 to 1914, consisting of the islands of Upolu, Savai'i, Apolima and Manono, now wholly within the independent state Samoa, formerly Western Samoa...
Archipelago annexed by German Empire German Empire The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German... (except for the part that is to become American Samoa American Samoa American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa... )
1 March 1900 to 19 December 1911	Wilhelm Heinrich Solf Wilhelm Solf Wilhelm Heinrich Solf was a German scholar, diplomat, jurist and statesman.-Early life:Wilhelm Solf was born into a wealthy and liberal family in Berlin. He attended secondary schools in Anklam in western Pomerania and in Mannheim... , Governor
19 December 1911 to 29 August 1914	Erich Schultz-Ewerth, Governor	Acting to 19 June 1912
Occupation of German Samoa Occupation of German Samoa The Occupation of Samoa was the takeover and subsequent administration of the Pacific colony of German Samoa in August 1914 by an expeditionary force from New Zealand called the Samoa Expeditionary Force and New Zealand's first action in World War I... by New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
29 August 1914 to 28 January 1919	Robert Logan, Administrator
28 January 1919 to 17 December 1920	Robert Ward Tate, Administrator
Western Samoa Western Samoa Trust Territory Western Samoa Trust Territory was the official name of Western Samoa between the lift of German rule in 1920 and the independence of the country from New Zealand rule, in 1962....
League of Nations Mandate League of Nations mandate A League of Nations mandate was a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I, or the legal instruments that contained the internationally agreed-upon terms for administering the territory on behalf of the League... (administered by New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... )
17 December 1920 to 16 March 1923	Robert Ward Tate, Administrator
16 March 1923 to 8 April 1928	George Spafford Richardson, Administrator	From 3 June 1925, Sir George Spafford Richardson
5 May 1928 to 3 April 1931	Stephen Shepard Allen, Administrator
18 April 1931 to 1935	Herbert Ernest Hart, Administrator
25 July 1935 to 1946	Alfred Clarke Turnbull, Administrator	From 1942, Sir Alfred Clarke Turnbull; acting to 1943
1946 to 25 January 1947	Francis William Voelcker, Administrator
United Nations Trust Territory United Nations Trust Territories United Nations trust territories were the successors of the remaining League of Nations mandates and came into being when the League of Nations ceased to exist in 1946. All of the trust territories were administered through the UN Trusteeship Council... (administered by New Zealand)
25 January 1947 to 1948	Francis William Voelcker, Administrator
1948 to 1949	Francis William Voelcker, High Commissioner
March 1949 to February 1960	Guy Richardson Powles Guy Powles Sir Guy Richardson Powles, ONZ, KBE, CMG . New Zealand diplomat, last Governor of Western Samoa and architect of Samoan independence, and first Ombudsman.-Early life:... , High Commissioner
February 1960 to 31 December 1961	John Bird Wright, High Commissioner
1 January 1962	Independence as Independent State of Western Samoa Samoa Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

For continuation after independence, see: O le Ao o le Malo

O le Ao o le Malo

O le Ao o le Malo is the Samoan head of state, which is the title's rough translation....

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