Mata'afa Faumuina Fiame Mulinu'u I (died 1948) was a high chief 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...

 and a leader of the country's pro-independence Mau movement

Mau movement

The Mau was a non-violent movement for Samoan independence from colonial rule during the early 1900s. The word 'Mau' means 'opinion' or 'testimony' denoting 'firm strength' in Samoan...

 during the early 1900s. He became the President of the Mau following the death of high chief and leader Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III

Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III

Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III was a high chief of Samoa who was a leader of the country's pro-independent Mau movement during the early 1900s...

 in 1929.

He was the holder of high ranking ali'i chiefly titles, Mata'afa

Mata'afa

Mata'afa is a high chief title in Samoa under the country's Matai system of socio-political governance where individuals are bestowed with family names...

, Fiame from Lotofaga

Lotofaga

Lotofaga is a village on the south coast of Upolu island in Samoa. Lotofaga is also the name of the larger Lotofaga Electoral Constituency which includes Lotofaga village and two other villages, Vavau and Matatufu....

 and Faumuina from Lepea

Lepea

Lepea is a village on the island of Upolu in Samoa. The picturesque settlement of round Samoan houses built in a concentric pattern in large open grounds is situated 5mins drive west of the capital Apia on the north central coast of the island...

. His wife Fa'amusami, was the daughter of paramount chief Malietoa Laupepa

Malietoa Laupepa

Susuga Malietoa Laupepa was the ruler of Samoa in the late 19th century.-Personal life: Laupepa was born in 1841 in Sapapali'i, Savaii, Samoa. His father was King Malietoa Moli and mother was Fa’alaituio Fuatino Su’a. He was raised in Malie, received a religious education at Malua Seminary and...

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His son, Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu’u II

Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu’u II

Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu’u II, C.B.E. was a paramount chief and the first Prime Minister of Samoa. He was Prime Minister from October 1, 1959 until February 1970 and again from March 1973 until his death in 1975...

 (1921–1975) became the first Prime Minister of Samoa

Prime Minister of Samoa

This is a list of Prime Ministers of Samoa from the establishment of that office in 1875 until the present day.-List of Prime Ministers of Samoa :-See also:*Samoa**Politics of Samoa...

 at the country's independence from 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...

 colonial administration. His granddaughter, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa

Fiame Naomi Mata'afa

Fiame Naomi Mata'afa is a Samoan high chief and a senior member of cabinet in Samoa. She is a Member of Parliament for the electoral constituency of Lotofaga in the political district of Atua. She is the current Minister of Women, Community & Social Development in Samoa...

 is a high ranking chief and a long serving cabinet minister in the Samoan government.

As a leader of the Mau, he was one of the wounded during a peaceful Mau procession in the capital Apia on 28 December 1929 when New Zealand police fired into the crowd and resulting in a day of violence that saw up to 11 Samoans and a New Zealand constable killed. The date is referred to as Black Saturday in Samoa's history.