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Dr. Kamuta Fualaga Seuseu (7 October 1958 - 24 May 2014) is a Samoan physician who served as the Director of Public Health, Department of Health from 1990 to 2000, and continue to serve the people of Samoa and Tokelau islands; as a General Practitioner from 1 February 1981 to 24 December 1989 and then on 4 January 2001 to October 2014.

Biography
He was born in Afega a village on Upolu island in the political district of Sagaga le Usoga to Seuseu Fa'alepo Seuseu and Tofa Sala Vaimili-Seuseu, owners of a large farm at Lepua and Fualaga.

The third child of the Seuseu Fa'alepo family, he attended Samoa College in 1956 and the first person from his village to meet the entry requirements. He then enrolled at the Napier Boys High School from 19XX to 19XX after having received a scholarship from the government. Seuseu then went on to attained the Fiji School of Medicine where he graduated with a MBBS in 19XX. He then completed a Post-graduate diploma in Public Health from the University of Otago in 1978; and later received a Masters of Public Health from Queensland University in 1989.

Memberships
Seuseu was a member of the Samoa Medical Association formerly known as the Western Samoa Medical Association.

Chiefly Titles
Namulauulu matai title from the village of Fogapoa

Maulolo matai title from the village of Afega

Personal life
Seuseu married Sasoonaluluulauupualeatunuuosamoa Iosefa-Tapu Tu'uilalo, a nurse and nutritionist at Middlemore Hospital after meeting while treating patients. The couple has two adult children, the eldest a son, Sunny Kamuta Seuseu and the youngest a daughter, Poutasi Matamatagi Seuseu.

Publications
The use of direct clinician observation and vignettes for health services quality evaluation in developing countries