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Peleti Mauga
Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga in Washington, D.C. on 3 May 2023 - (cropped).jpg
8th Governor of American Samoa
Assumed office
January 3, 2021
Lieutenant Salo Ale
Preceded by Lolo Matalasi Moliga
9th Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa
In office
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021
Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga
Preceded by Faoa Aitofele Sunia
Succeeded by Talauega Eleasalo Ale
Personal details
Born (1960-01-03) January 3, 1960 (age 64)
Nuʻuuli, American Samoa, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouses
Pohakalani Mauga
(m. 1988; died 2016)
Ella Failautusi
(m. 2018)
Education American Samoa Community
College
University of Hawaii, Manoa
(BA)
San Diego State University
(MPA)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Rank Major
Battles/wars Persian Gulf War

Lemanu Palepoi Sialegā Mauga (born January 3, 1960) is an American Samoan politician who is serving as the eighth governor of American Samoa since January 3, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Mauga served as a senator in the American Samoa Senate, where he became the chairman of both the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

Early life and education

Mauga was born in Nuʻuuli, American Samoa. After attending the American Samoa Community College, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He received a master's degree in public administration from San Diego State University on July 30, 2012, a graduation ceremony held at the Governor H. Rex Lee Auditorium in American Samoa.

Career

Mauga served in the U.S. military for more than 20 years, including in the Gulf War and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars before he retired with the rank of major. Following his retirement, Mauga became the director of Army Instructions and continued to work with American Samoa's JROTC.

Mauga also became the chief property manager for the Government of American Samoa's office of property management. He became an American Samoan Senator in 2009.

Politics

In October 2011, gubernatorial candidate Lolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga picked Mauga as his running mate for lieutenant governor of American Samoa in the forthcoming 2012 gubernatorial election on November 6, 2012. Mauga was Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa from 2013 to 2021.

In the 2020 American Samoa gubernatorial election, Mauga and his running mate Talauega Eleasalo Ale were elected governor and lieutenant governor respectively. Mauga assumed the office in January 2021.

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