# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuelu-teo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:39:08.123Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuelu-teo"
name: "Samuelu Teo"
slug: "samuelu-teo"
description: "Samuelu Penitala Teo was a Tuvaluan politician. He was the son of Fiatau Penitala Teo who was appointed as the first Governor General of Tuvalu (1978–1986) following independence from Great Britain. Samuelu Teo himself served as the Acting Governor-General of Tuvalu from January until 28 September 2021. He had succeeded Acting Governor-General Teniku Talesi and remained in office until the Rev. Tofiga Vaevalu Falani was sworn in as the 10th Governor-General in September 2021."
tagline: "Tuvaluan politician (1957–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tuvalu_MP_Samuelu_Penitala_Teo_speaking_at_the_144th_IPU_Assembly_on_March_2022_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1957"
deathDate: "2024-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.011196
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "戴伊歐"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuelu_Teo"
    title: "Samuelu Teo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuelu_Teo"
    title: "Samuelu Teo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuelu_Teo"
    title: "Samuelu Teo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuelu_Teo"
    title: "Samuelu Teo"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuelu_Teo"
    title: "Samuelu Teo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuelu_Teo"
    title: "Samuelu Teo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%88"
    title: "سیموئیلو ٹیو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21062794"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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