Chief of State and Head of Government , goes by "Tufuga Efi"
Long Term name of Samoa: Independent state of Samoa Capital City: Apia Type of government: Parliamentary Democracy Date of Independence: January 1st National Holidays: Easter Monday (day after easter Sunday)- they will go to church and spend time with their family, Anzac day (April 25th)- big parades all day Mothers Day (first sunday in May) , and Independence day (June 1-3)- Parades, parties, family time Chief of State: Tu Atua Tupua Tamarese Tupuolahard Tufuga Efi Executive and Legislative Branch: The Samoa system is a very hard model of parliamentary democracy where they are fused together Judicial Branch: The Judicial system is based on English common law and local customs. The Supreme Court of Samoa is the court of highest jurisdiction. The court of appeal has a limited jurisdiction to hear only those cases referred to it by the Supreme Court. Below the Supreme Courts are the District Courts. Who can vote?: The people vote name of Samoa's ambassador to the US: Tufuga Efi Location of Samoa's embassy in US: 800 2nd Ave. #400j, NY 10017 Location of their Consulates in the US: 803 W. Tortance Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90502, United States Name of their ambassador: Tu Atua Tupua Tamarese Tupuolahard Tufuga Efi Location of US Embassy there: 800 2nd Ave.#400j, NY 10017 Name of Representatives: Samoa House of Representatives is the lower house of the American Samoa Rono. The house consists of 21 representatives serving two-year terms, with 20 popular elected members, and one representative elected by a public meeting on swards island. National Symbols: Language-English, Game- Football, Flower- Ginger International Disputes: The leader is thinking about expanding land because Samoa is beginning to get overpopulated. Quantity of Refugees:a value of 4.0 Origin of Refugees: Palistanian Displaced persons: 5,1oo people Stateless Persons: 3,260 people Drug Usage in Samoa: Marijuana (mainly) and Hallucinogens (some)
White stars represent the White stars of the Southern Cross. The Blue represents freedom. Red represents courage and is also one of the Samoan national Colors.