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Lemanu Peleti Mauga

レマヌ・ペレティ・マウガ　/　れまぬ・ぺれてぃ・まうが

American politician

January 3, 1960 (age 66)　・　Nuʻuuli, United States

politician

My Take

Lemanu Peleti Mauga earns my respect precisely because his stage was small and the responsibility large. Serving as the eighth governor of American Samoa from 2021 to 2025, after rising from the territory's Senate, he represents a kind of grounded, service-first politics that rarely makes headlines beyond the islands. Chairing both budget and homeland security committees suggests a hands-on administrator rather than a showman. I'm drawn to leaders who shoulder the everyday welfare of a tight-knit community, where decisions land directly on the people you know. The path from Nuʻuuli to San Diego State and back to the governorship is, to me, a genuinely admirable arc.

Overview

Lemanu Palepoi Sialegā Mauga (born January 3, 1960) is an American Samoan politician who served as the eighth governor of American Samoa from 2021 to 2025. 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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Name (Japanese): レマヌ・ペレティ・マウガ
Reading: れまぬ・ぺれてぃ・まうが
Born: January 3, 1960 (age 66)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Rat
Origin: Nuʻuuli, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: San Diego State University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A6%E3%82%AC

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