# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mata-afa-iosefo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:31:22.012Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mata-afa-iosefo"
name: "Mata'afa Iosefo"
slug: "mata-afa-iosefo"
description: "Mata'afa Iosefo was a Paramount Chief of Samoa who was one of the three rival candidates for the kingship of Samoa during the colonial era. He was also referred to as Tupua Malietoa To'oa Mata'afa Iosefo. He was crowned the King of Samoa on 15 November 1898."
tagline: "Samoan chief (1832-1912)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samoan_Paramount_chief_Mataafa_Iosefa%2C_1896.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1832"
deathDate: "1912-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.680058666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata%CA%BBafa_Iosefo"
    title: "Mataʻafa Iosefo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%A7_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88"
    title: "ماتاآفا يوسيفو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mataafa_Josefo"
    title: "Mataafa Josefo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%2C_%D0%98%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%BE"
    title: "Матаафа, Иосефо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata'afa_Iosefo"
    title: "Mata'afa Iosefo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata'afa_Iosefo"
    title: "Mata'afa Iosefo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1340618"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump