Molioʻo Pouli Setu (died 8 September 1959) was a Western Samoan chief and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly between 1948 and 1951.
Biography A member of the Fono of Faipule,Chief Molio'o Pouli Setu Pacific Islands Monthly, October 1959, p152 Setu was selected as the Samoan representative for Vaʻa-o-Fonoti when the Legislative Assembly was established in 1948.Lauofo Meti (2002) Samoa: The Making of the Constitution, National University of Samoa, p28 However, he failed to be re-elected in the 1951 elections.Meti, p29 He also served as a district judge.
He married Tuʻiemanu Manuʻa. Their daughter Lili Tunu married Malietoa Tanumafili II in 1940.Frederic Koehler Sutter (1989) The Samoans: A Global Family University of Hawaii Press, p159 He died on 8 September 1959 at the age of 70, leaving six children.
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