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Le Mamea Makalau also known as Le Mamea MK was a Samoan high chief, civil servant, diplomat and author.

Le Mamea Makalau was a Samoan high chief who held the title Le Mamea from Matatutu Lefaga. He held senior positions in the precolonial Samoan Kingdom where he served as Minister of the Interior under King Malietoa Laupepa. He was also sent to Washington DC as Samoa’s Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to negotiate a treaty with the United States.

He signed the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between the United States and the Samoan Islands on 17 January 1878 which was ratified in 1878. This treaty gave the USA rights to set up a coaling station in Pago Pago on the island of Tutuila.

Family
Le Mamea was born in ... His father Vaaelua Petaia (1822–1881), one of the first Samoan Christian converts to the London Missionary Society and the first pastor of Faleasiu. He had

Two of his brothers completed the work he started on the Tusi Faalupega.