Rapi Sotoa

Rapi Sotoa (died 2 February 1970) was an American Samoan chief and politician. He served as President of the Senate between 1958 and 1968.

Rapi Sotoa
President of the Senate
In office 1958–1968
Constituency	Ta'u County
Personal details
Died	2 February 1970 Tutuila, American Samoa

Biography

A high chief, Sotoa became chairman of the Council of Paramount Chiefs.^[1] Prior to entering politics he was a civil servant, starting work as a sanitation inspector in 1949.^[2]

In 1958 he became President of the Senate, holding the post for ten years. As a Senator he was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1960 and one of the signatories of the constitution.^[3] In 1968 he became an assistant to the Governor.^[2]

He died on 2 February 1970 in Tutuila.^[4]