Lolo Letalu Matalasi was born on August 12, 1947. He is an American Samoan politician, businessman and educator.
Lolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga was served as a governor of America Samoa on January 3, 2013, and was sworn in for his 2d time period on January 3, 2017.
He got his bachelor’s degree in education from Chadron State College in Nebraska and master’s degree in public management from San Diego State University. Moliga started out his profession as a teacher. He went on to turn out to be an elementary and secondary education administrator in the American Samoan Department of Education.
Moliga started out his profession as a teacher. He then have become an elementary school principal earlier than becoming the principal of Manu'a High School in the Manu'a Islands.
He might later become an elementary and secondary education administrator in the American Samoan Department of Education.
Moliga served as director of the American Samoa Government Budget Office, in addition to American Samoa’s chief procurement officer for 2 phrases. He was selected to the American Samoa House of Representatives for 4 terms and later have become a senator, serving as senate president.
He later have become a Senator in the American Samoa Senate, wherein he served because the body's senate president from 2005 till 2008.
Moliga, whilst nonetheless a member of the Senate, taken into consideration a candidacy withinside the 2008 gubernatorial election, however withdrew from the race earlier than pronouncing a capacity strolling mate mentioning present commitments.
Moliga was designated as president of the Development Bank of American Samoa through Governor Togiola Tulafono and showed through the Senate.
On October 2011, Moliga have become the second one candidate to declare his purpose to run withinside the 2012 gubernatorial election. He selected Senator Lemanu Peleti Mauga as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa.
Moliga resigne as the president of the Development Bank of American Samoa to attention on his gubernatorial campaign.
Moliga faced 5 other applicants withinside the 2012 gubernatorial election on November 6, 2012 and received the maximum votes, but not more than the 50% required to win. The runoff was held November 20, 2012, ensuing in Moliga defeating Lieutenant Governor Faoa Aitofele Sunia.
