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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.
The politics of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) takes place in a framework of a federal assembly-independent representative democratic republic. The President of the Federated States of Micronesia is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the president and his cabinet,while legislative power is vested in both the president and the Congress. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
The Compacts of Free Association (COFA) are international agreements establishing and governing the relationships of free association between the United States and the three Pacific Island sovereign states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI),and the Republic of Palau. As a result,these countries are sometimes known as the Freely Associated States (FASs). All three agreements next expire in 2043.
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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.
Eugene Amor is a Micronesian civil servant and the former Secretary of Finance of Micronesia from 2019 to 2023.
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- 1 2 "STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 19-11, 13 July 2015" (PDF). www.cfsm.gov.fm/. Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia.
- ↑ "2015 Annual Report" (PDF). www.fsmdb.fm/. FSM Development Bank.
- ↑ "Congressional Resolution No. 21-42" (PDF). www.cfsm.gov.fm/. Twenty-First Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia.
- ↑ "Board of Directors – FSMDB".
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