Events in the year 2022 in Samoa.
Incumbents
O le Ao o le Malo: Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II Prime Minister: Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Events Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa
22 January – Samoa Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa announces a three-day lockdown in response to ten positive COVID-19 passengers from a repatriation flight. 22 April – Samoa reports five community spread COVID-19 cases on Manono Island, which had been free of the virus until now. 27 July – Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa ends Samoa's state of emergency after two years. 23 August – Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II is re-elected by the Parliament for a second term as O le Ao o le Malo, the Samoan head of state.
Deaths
17 January – Vaai Papu Vailupe, 77, politician 24 February – Va'aiga Tuigamala, 52, rugby player 25 March – Va'ele Pa'ia'aua Iona Sekuini, 58, politician 6 May – Kelly Meafua, 31, rugby player 2 August – Jack Netzler, 82, politician
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