Muliufi was born into the
Mataʻafa family. He attended a Catholic Seminary on
Wallis with the intention of becoming a priest, but later abandoned the idea. After his uncle
Tuimalealiʻifano Faʻaoloiʻi Siʻuaʻana was removed from the post of
Fautua (advisor to the Governor) in 1927 due to him sympathising with the
Mau movement, Muliufi was selected as his replacement. Two years later he was appointed to the Legislative Council as one of the two nominated Samoans. He was appointed an honorary
Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the
1935 King's Birthday and Silver Jubilee Honours, and was invested in February 1936, but died a few weeks later after a long illness. He was buried at
Mulinuʻu in the burial ground housing the royal tombs of the Tama-a-Aiga, Samoa's highest chiefs. ==References==