malietoa tanumafili ii (4 january 1913 – 11 may 2007), addressed susuga malietoa tanumafili ii, was the malietoa and the head of state, or "o le ao o le malo" of samoa from 1962 to 2007. he was co-head of state in 1962 with the "tama-a-'aiga" tupua tamasese mea'ole.