Ronald Gerd Berking (2 September 1933 – 27 September 1980)Ronald Gerd Berking Billion Graves was a Western Samoan businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1979 until his death the following year.
Biography Berking was born in 1933, the son of Anna Lefagaoalii Saffings and German immigrant Rudolf Peter Berkings. He married Christina Ripley and the couple had nine children.Ronald Gerd Berking Billion Graves He entered business and was manager of the Samoa Tropical Products firm.Ron Berking Pacific Islands Monthly, December 1980, p73 He contested the Individual Voters constituency in the 1979 elections and was elected to the Legislative Assembly,Samoan election results by constituency 1964–2016 Samoa Election Results Database becoming a member of the opposition Human Rights Protection Party.
In September 1980 he was killed in an altercation at his office.
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