The president of the Federated States of Micronesia is the head of state and government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The FSM president,by virtue of his or her office,is the head of the FSM Cabinet and is in charge of the administration and operations of the National Government. The president is assisted by the vice-president,both of whom are elected by the FSM Congress from among the at-large members to serve for four-year terms. The current and tenth president of the FSM is Wesley Simina,who replaced David Panuelo on 11 May 2023.
Benigno Repeki Fitial is a Northern Marianan politician who served was the sixth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands. The second longest-serving governor in CNMI history,Fitial was elected on November 6,2005,assumed office on January 9,2006,and was re-elected to a (five-year) second term in 2009. He was impeached by the CNMI House of Representatives on February 11,2013,and was scheduled to face trial before the CNMI Senate to determine if he should be removed from office. He resigned on February 20,2013,after 7 years,1 month,and 11 days in office.
The Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia has 14 non-partisan members:ten members elected for a two-year term in ten single-seat constituencies and four members elected for a four-year term,one from each state at-large.
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.
Sebastian L. Anefal is a Micronesian politician currently serving as the FSM Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Fiji. He was nominated by President Peter M. Christian to his current post in mid-2015 and took office on January 8,2016.
Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 8 March 2011,alongside a three-part referendum. As there were no political parties,all 34 candidates ran as independents. For the first time in the country's history,two women ran for election,both in Chuuk State. However,neither was elected.
Robert James Weilbacher,Sr. was a Micronesian politician and former Governor of Kosrae state. Weilbacher served as the governor of Kosrae from February 2007 until January 2011.
The office of the Governor of Pohnpei is the highest elected position in the state of Pohnpei,Federated States of Micronesia.
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.
Ansito Walter is a politician and academic from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
Robert Ruecho is a Micronesian politician and diplomat. Ruecho served as the Governor of Yap,one of the four states which make up the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),from 2003 to 2007. He became the Consul-General for FSM on neighboring Guam on October 17,2011.
Gerson Jackson is a Micronesian politician and diplomat.
Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 3 March 2015. A simultaneous independence referendum was also scheduled to be held in Chuuk State,but was postponed shortly before the elections.
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.
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.
Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 7 March 2023 to elect the fourteen members of the Congress:ten representatives of the districts,and four senators each representing one of the four states.
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.
Carson K. Sigrah (born ?) is a Micronesian politician. Sigrah served as the Governor of Kosrae from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as Lieutenant Governor from 2011 to 2019 under Governor Lyndon Jackson.
Esmond Burdett Moses is a Micronesian politician from Pohnpei State. Since 2023,he has served as the Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia. He previously served as Vice Speaker of the Congress from 2019 to 2023.
