Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi

His Highness Le Afioga
Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi
O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa
In office
20 June 2007  21 July 2017
Acting: 11 May 2007 – 20 June 2007
Prime MinisterTuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi
Preceded byMalietoa Tanumafili II
Succeeded byTuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
3rd Prime Minister of Western Samoa
In office
18 September 1982  31 December 1982
O le Ao O le MaloMalietoa Tanumafili II
Preceded byVa'ai Kolone
Succeeded byTofilau Eti Alesana
In office
24 March 1976  13 April 1982
O le Ao O le MaloMalietoa Tanumafili II
Preceded byLealofi IV (acting)
Succeeded byVa'ai Kolone
Other offices
Member of the Council of Deputies
Assumed office
10 January 2025
O le Ao o le MaloTuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
In office
2004  20 June 2007
O le Ao o le MaloMalietoa Tanumafili II
Deputy Prime Minister of Western Samoa
In office
30 December 1985  8 April 1988
Prime MinisterVa'ai Kolone
Succeeded byTuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi
1st Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
18 September 1982  31 December 1982
Preceded byVa'ai Kolone
Succeeded byLauofo Meti
In office
24 March 1976  13 April 1982
Succeeded byVa'ai Kolone
Constituency
Member of the Samoan Parliament
In office
26 February 1988  2004
Preceded byAfioga Savea Sione
Succeeded byLufilufi Moefaauo
ConstituencyAnoama'a East
In office
7 February 1970  26 February 1988
Preceded byTaimalie Meapelo
Succeeded byAlipia Siaosi
ConstituencyAana Alofi No. 2
In office
May 1965  25 February 1967
Preceded byMasoe Tulele
Succeeded byVa'ai Kolone
ConstituencyVaisigano No. 1
Personal details
Born
Olaf Efi Tamasese

(1938-03-01) 1 March 1938
Motootua, Western Samoa (now Samoa)
NationalitySamoan
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
National Development Party (1988–2003)
Christian Democratic Party (1985–1988)
SpouseMasiofo Filifilia Imo Tamasese
Parents
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington

Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi (born Olaf "Efi" Tamasese; 1 March 1938) is a Samoan paramount chief and politician. He heads one of Samoa's two royal families, the Sā Tupua (descendants of Queen Salamasina), through the family's maximal lineage title, Tupua Tamasese. He also holds the ancient pāpā title of Tui Ātua (sovereign of Atua).

Tui Ātua served as the third prime minister of Samoa from 1976 to 1982 and again later in 1982. He also served as O le Ao o le Malo (head of state of Samoa) from 2007 to 2017. As of late 2024, he was reappointed to serve on the Council of Deputies.