The Federated States of Micronesia,or simply Micronesia,is an island country in Micronesia,a subregion of Oceania. The federation consists of four states—from west to east,Yap,Chuuk,Pohnpei and Kosrae—that are spread across the western Pacific. Together,the states comprise around 607 islands that cover a longitudinal distance of almost 2,700 km (1,700 mi) just north of the equator. They lie northeast of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea,south of Guam and the Marianas,west of Nauru and the Marshall Islands,east of Palau and the Philippines,about 2,900 km (1,800 mi) north of eastern Australia,3,400 km (2,100 mi) southeast of Japan,and some 4,000 km (2,485 mi) southwest of the main islands of the Hawaiian Islands.
Tosiwo Nakayama was the first President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). He served two terms from 1979 until 1987.
Chuuk State is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The other states are Kosrae State,Pohnpei State,and Yap State. It consists of several island groups:Namoneas,Faichuuk,the Hall Islands,Namonuito Atoll,Pattiw,and the Mortlock Islands. Chuuk is by far the FSM's most populous state,with 50,000 inhabitants on 120 square kilometers. Chuuk Lagoon is where most people live. Weno island,in the lagoon,is Chuuk's state capital and the country's biggest city. It may hold a referendum on independence in the near future,although this referendum has been repeatedly postponed.
The State of Yap is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia,located in the westernmost portion of the country. The state borders Palau to the southwest,Guam to the north,and Chuuk State to the east. According to the state's population census carried out in 2020,the total population is 11,577 residing across a total area of 119.54 sq km,though a large majority of the area is water. The only town area in the state,Colonia,serves as the state capital.
Indirect presidential elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on May 11,2007.
The Habele Outer Island Education Fund is a South Carolina–based charitable organization serving K-12 aged students in Micronesia. Habele's initial geographic focus was the so-called "Outer Islands" of Yap State as well as lagoon and outer islands in neighboring Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia. It now serves students of all backgrounds throughout the Freely Associated States.
Emanuel "Manny" Mori is a Micronesian politician who served as President of the Federated States of Micronesia from 11 May 2007 to 11 May 2015.
Wesley W. Simina is a Micronesian politician who has served as the president of the Federated States of Micronesia since 2023. He served as the governor of Chuuk State,one of the four states that constitute the Federated States of Micronesia,from July 2005 to July 2011.
The office of the Governor of Chuuk is the highest elected position in the state of Chuuk,Federated States of Micronesia. The state was called Truk until 1989,so the title of this office prior to the change was Governor of Truk.
An independence referendum for Chuuk State to secede from the Federated States of Micronesia was originally scheduled to take place in March 2015. However,it has been delayed three times and it is uncertain if it will take place. The most populous of the four states within the FSM,Chuuk has high levels of unemployment and there are long-standing tensions over the distribution of funding within the FSM. Other concerns include political power within the federation and the preservation of cultural identity.
Typhoon Maysak,known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Chedeng,was the most powerful pre-April tropical cyclone on record in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. The fourth named storm of the 2015 Pacific typhoon season,Maysak originated as a tropical depression on March 26. The next day,the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded the depression to a tropical storm and assigned it the name Maysak. According to the JMA,Maysak became the second typhoon of the year on March 28. The typhoon underwent explosive intensification into a Category 5 super typhoon on March 31,passing near the islands of Chuuk and Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. After maintaining that intensity for 18 hours,Maysak weakened,made landfall over the Philippine island of Luzon as a minimal tropical storm,and dissipated shortly afterwards.
Air Niugini Flight 73 was a scheduled service from Pohnpei,Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea,via Chuuk,FSM. On 28 September 2018,a Boeing 737,operated by Air Niugini,landed short of the runway at Chuuk International Airport in Weno (FSM) and came to rest in Chuuk Lagoon. Locals in small boats rescued most passengers and all crew members. One passenger was initially declared missing,and was later found dead by rescue divers. Forty-six people survived but six of them were injured.
Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 5 March 2019,alongside a referendum on calling a Constitutional Convention. All 14 seats in Congress were up for election,and all 13 incumbents standing for re-election were returned to Congress.
Typhoon Wutip,known in the Philippines as Tropical Depression Betty,was the most powerful February typhoon on record,surpassing Typhoon Higos of 2015. The third tropical cyclone,second tropical storm,and the first typhoon of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season,Wutip originated from a low-pressure area on February 16,2019,that generally tracked westward,passing just south of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),before organizing into a tropical depression on February 18. The depression was later classified a tropical storm a day later,attaining the name Wutip from the Japan Meteorological Agency. The storm gradually intensified as it turned northwest,before it underwent rapid intensification on February 23,while passing to the southwest of Guam,and reached its first peak intensity. With winds of 270 km/h (165 mph) estimated by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center,Wutip became the first Category 5-equivalent super typhoon on record in the month of February. Wutip underwent an eyewall replacement cycle shortly afterward and weakened. The storm finished its cycle on February 24,rapidly intensifying once again. Wutip reached a secondary peak intensity the following day,again attaining Category 5-equivalent winds. Thereafter,Wutip rapidly weakened for the rest of its lifespan from strong vertical wind shear,before dissipating over the Philippine Sea on March 2.
David W. Panuelo is a Micronesian politician who served as the president of the Federated States of Micronesia from 2019 to 2023.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Federated States of Micronesia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus has reached the Federated States of Micronesia on 8 January 2021.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Federated States of Micronesia refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The church's first known missionaries arrived on July 5,1978. As of December 31,2022,there were 5,966 members in 23 congregations in FSM. The LDS Church has congregations in every state in the FSM.
Gardenia Aisek is a Microneasian educator and government official. Aisek was the first woman elected to the Chuuk State Legislature. She then became the first female Secretary of the Federated States of Micronesia Department of Education.
A referendum on nine proposed amendments to the constitution was held in Micronesia on 4 July 2023. Eight of the amendments were proposed by the Constitutional Convention elected in 2019,and one amendment was proposed by Congress. All nine amendments passed,and were officially ratified by President Simina on 4 October 2023.
Sasao H. Gouland was the governor of Chuuk State,Micronesia from 1990 to June 1996.
