2022 in Samoa

Incumbents

• O le Ao o le Malo: Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
• Prime Minister: Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa

Events

• 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