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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. List of Governors of Yap Image ...
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 ...
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 ...
WAAB-TV (also V6AM [2]) is a television station in the state of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. Set up by an American company with support from the Yapese government in 1979, it is a terrestrial television station broadcasting on channel 7. The station is owned by Yap State Media and Protocol (formerly Yap State Government Media).
Constituent elections were held on 4 November 2019, electing 24 delegates to the Constitutional Convention: 11 from Chuuk State, 7 from Pohnpei State, 3 from Kosrae State, and 3 from Yap State. [6] The Constitutional Convention convened on 7 January 2020, [ 7 ] but was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and did not meet between 13 March 2020 ...
The Yap State, within the Federated States of Micronesia. Each of the Constitutions of the Federated States of Micronesia, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae, and even some of the Constitutions of municipalities such as Lukunor and Namoluk in the Chuuk State, recognize and protect to varying degrees the role and legal legitimacy of customs and traditions. [1]
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.
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.