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Wilhelm Solf
Wilhelm Solf was a German Governor of Samoa in the early 20th century. He deposed several native chiefs, including Mamoe , who was an early figure in the Mau movement. As well as deposing members of the Maloa o Samoa (Samoan council of chiefs), Solf called in two German warships as a show of strength. Faced with this demonstration of military force, and with the movement divided, Mamoe surrendered, and resistance faded until the 1910s.
See also: history of Samoa
| Preceded by: Friedrich von Lindequist | Secretary for the Colonies 1911–1918 | Followed by: Philipp Scheidemann |
| Preceded by: Paul von Hintze | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1918 | Followed by: Count Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau |
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