the sitting Prime Minister and long-time rival of Tupua, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, refused to endorse him for a third term. He is now a patron of the arts, culture and history and a celebrated scholar of Samoa. Succession List: From Queen Salamasina to the first Tupua. Queen Salamasina's Daughter, Fofoaivaoese, to Tupua Tafa'ifā Queen Salamāsina (progenitor of Samoa's four main royal bloodlines) Tafa'ifā Queen Fofoaivaoese (first daughter of Queen Salamasina) Tafa'ifā Queen Taufau Asiata (daughter of Queen Fofoaivaoese) Le Tupufia (The King with only three pāpā) Faumuinā (nephew of Queen Taufau) Tafa'ifā King Fonoti (Defeats siblings for Kingship; Fagaloa, Faleapuna and Falefa are rewarded with honours) Tafa'ifā King Muagututi'a. (marries Fenunuivao, daughter of Leutele, of Falefa.) King Muagututi'a and Fenunuivao bear no children. Fuiavailili is brought to Falefa and named heir to King Muagututi'a. Given the name Tupua. Tafa'ifā King Tupua Fuiavailili (the first Tupua and the first 'Tama-a-'aiga) Queen Salamasina's Son, Tapumanaia II (Tapusatele), to Tupua Tafa'ifā Queen Salamāsina (progenitor of Samoa's four main royal bloodlines) Tapumanaia (taken to Falealili and renamed Tapusatele; marries Sailau, daughter of Leutele, of Falefa.) Tapufautua Sifuiva Fuimaono (marries Oilau, of Faleālili.) Fuiavailili *Fuiavailili is taken to Falefa and named, Tupua Fuiavailili. Tafa'ifā King Tupua Fuiavailili (the first Tupua and the first 'Tama-a-'aiga) Sa Tupua: From King (Tafa'ifā) Tupua Fuiavailili to Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi King Tupua Fuiavailili, descendant of Queen Salamasina, adopted son of King Muagututi'a and Fenunuivao, daughter of Leutele King Afoa (defeated in single combat by his brother, Galumalemana. Thereafter named Afoafouvale, "he who rebels for no good reason.") King Galumalemana (the Aloalii as an institution of succession is established under Galumalemana) King Nofoasaefā (tyrant, assassinated by rebels in Savai'i) King I'amafana (allegedly willed his kingdom to Malietoa Vainuupo but according to the Sa Tupua family, this is not true; succeeded by Safeofafine who was killed in combat; kingship passes from the Sa Tupua line to the Lei'ataua/Tamafaigā line) 1751 - 1830: Maeaeafe Mataafa 1830 - 1860: Leasiolagi Moegagogo 1860s - 1891: Tui Aana Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Titimaea (restoration of the Sa Tupua/Salamasina lineage leads to theTamasese appellation being used hereafter with the Tupua title to become Tupua Tamasese) 1891 - 1915: Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Lealofi-o-a'ana I, son of Tui Aana Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Titimaea. 1915 - 1918: Tupua Tamasese Lealofi-o-a'ana II, eldest son of Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Lealofi-o-a'ana I 1918 - 1929: Tupua Tamasese Lealofi-o'a'ana