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Lotofaga is a village on the south coast of Upolu island in Samoa.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute )〕 Lotofaga is also the name of the larger Lotofaga Electoral Constituency (''Faipule District'') which includes Lotofaga village and two other villages, Vavau and Matatufu. The villages and Lotofaga Electoral Constituency all come within the larger political district of Atua. The population of Lotofaga village is 1,089 (2006 Census). The population of Lotofaga Electoral Constituency is 1,865 (2006 Census). ==Politics== The first Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu’u II (August 5, 1921 – May 20, 1975), a paramount chief, entered politics at the 1957 general election from the Lotofaga Electoral Constituency.〔(The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Brij V. Lal and Kate Fortune, p. 285. )〕 The high chief title Fiame is from Lotofaga. His wife was Laulu Fetauimalemau Mata'afa, who was bestowed the chief title of Laulu, also from Lotofaga. At her husband's death in 1975, Laulu Featauimalemau Mata'afa entered politics, winning the Lotofaga seat in the same year and becoming only the second woman in Samoa to become a Member of Parliament. Their daughter, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, a high chief with the Fiame chief title once held by her father, has been the Member of Parliament for Lotofaga constituency for many years and is a senior member of Cabinet in the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lotofaga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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