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Mata'afa Faumuina Fiame Mulinu'u I (died 1948) was a high chief of Samoa and a leader of the country's pro-independence Mau movement during the early 1900s. He became the President of the Mau following the death of high chief and leader Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III in 1929. He was the holder of high ranking ''ali'i'' chiefly titles, Mata'afa, Fiame from Lotofaga and Faumuina from Lepea. His wife Fa'amusami, was the daughter of paramount chief Malietoa Laupepa. His son, Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu’u II (1921–1975) became the first Prime Minister of Samoa at the country's independence from New Zealand colonial administration.〔 His granddaughter, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa 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.〔http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/politics/samoa/rise-of-mau〕 The date is referred to as Black Saturday in Samoa's history. ==See also== *History of Samoa *Mata'afa *Fa'amatai, chiefly system 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「Mata'afa Faumuina Fiame Mulinu'u I」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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