Samoa (1)

1873-1962 colonial era


1873-1900

YEAR DATE EVENT
1873 2 october Kingdom
1889 7 november Tripartite German-UK-U.S. protectorate

1900-1914


YEAR DATE EVENT GOVERNOR
1900 1 march German protectorate Wilhelm Heinrich Solf
1911 19 december Erich Schultz-Ewerth

1914-1948


YEAR DATE EVENT COMMISSIONER
1914 29 august New Zealand occupation Robert Logan
1919 28 january Robert Ward Tate
1920 17 december New Zealand Trust administration
1923 16 march Sir George Spafford Richardson
1928 5 may Stephen Shepard Allen
1931 3 april Herbert Ernest Hart
1935 25 july Sir Alfred Clarke Turnbull
1946 Francis William Voelcker

1948-1949


YEAR DATE EVENT HIGH COMMISSIONER
1948 Francis William Voelcker

1949-

YEAR DATE EVENT HEAD OF STATE PRIME MINISTER HIGH COMMISISONER
1949 24 february Guy Richardson Powles
1959 1 october New Zealand Self-governing Trust administration Mata'afa Mulinu'u II
1960 John Bird Wright


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