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The office of the Governor of Yap is the highest elected position in the state of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
Chieng ran in the 2022 election for governor of Yap State [2] against the incumbent governor Jesse Salalu and former Cabinet official James Gartamag Lukan. Chieng won the three-way election with a 44.2% plurality of the vote corresponding to 1,630 votes. [3] [4]
The Yap Monarch, the State Bird of Yap. The bird is native exclusively to the Yapanese Main Islands. Yap State is the westernmost state of the Micronesian Federation. Further eastwards in order are the states of Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae. It consists of the four main islands of Rumung, Maap, Gagil-Tamil, and Yap Proper (Marbaa') and 134 ...
Jesse John Salalu is a Micronesian politician who served as the eighth Governor of Yap from December 29, 2021 to January 9, 2023. [2] Salalu was sworn into office following Henry Falan being ousted by the Yap legislature. [2] [3] He previously served as lieutenant Governor of Yap under Falan from January 2019 to December 2021. He was the first ...
Henry Falan appeared before the Yap legislature on October 15, for an impeachment hearing. Marstella Jack, an attorney from Pohnpei, represented the Governor during the hearing. [4] On October 19, the 10th Yap State Legislature failed to remove Falan from office for misfeasance and malfeasance with a vote of 7–3.
The FSM is divided in four states: Chuuk (Truk), Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap. Each has its own constitution, elected legislature, governor, and lieutenant governor. The state governments maintain considerable power, particularly regarding the implementation of budgetary policies.
The 2018 Yap gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia to a four-year term in office. [1] The election coincided with the Yap State general election, including legislative contests to select Senators of the Yap State ...
Section 2 was modified by a constitutional amendment adopted by Yap State voters on November 7, 2006 and certified by the Yap State Election Commissioner on November 24, 2006. The amendment was defined in proposed law no. 2004-38, D1 of the 2004 Yap Constitutional Convention. The added portion is underlined. Section 1.