Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia

Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
22nd Congress
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1979
Leadership
Speaker	Wesley Simina, Ind. ; since 11 May 2015
Vice-Speaker	Esmond B Moses, Ind.
Structure
Seats	14 senators
Political groups	Independents (14)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	5 March 2019
Meeting place
	Palikir
Website
	www.cfsm.gov.fm

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.

Speakers of the Congress

The Speaker of the Congress is elected for a term of two years.

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Bethwel Henry	10 May 1979	May 1987	^[1]
Jack Fritz	May 1987	May 2003	^[2]
Peter M. Christian	12 May 2003	11 May 2007
Isaac V. Figir	11 May 2007	11 May 2013	^[3]
Dohsis Halbert	11 May 2013	11 May 2015	^[3]
Wesley Simina	11 May 2015	Incumbent	^[4]

Members

Members after the FSM General Election of March 3, 2015.^[5]

State	District	Member	Places represented
Chuuk
	Senator (At-Large)	Wesley W. Simina	Chuuk
	One	Florencio Singkoro Harper	Mortlock Islands
	Two	Victor (Vicky) Gouland	Northern Namoneas
	Three	Perpetua S. Konman	Southern Namoneas
	Four	Tiwiter Aritos	Faichuuk Region
	Five	Robson U. Romolow	Halls and Northwestern Islands
Kosrae
	Senator (At-Large)	Aren Palik	Kosrae
	One	Paliknoa K. Welly	Kosrae
Yap
	Senator (At-Large)	Joseph J. Urusemal	Yap
	One	Isaac V. Figir	Yap
Pohnpei
	Senator (At-Large)	Peter M. Christian	Pohnpei
	One	Ferny S. Perman	Sokehs, Kolonia, Sapwuahfik, Nukuoro and Kapingamarangi
	Two	Dion G. Neth	Madolenihmw and Kitti
	Three	Esmond B. Moses	U, Nett, Mwoakilloa and Pingelap

References

^ Micronesia Country Study Guide. 2009-03-20. ISBN 9781438732688.
^ http://shark.comfsm.fm/library/digitallibrary/V10N71989.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ ^a ^b "Halbert new speaker of FSMs' Eighteenth Congress". fsmcongress.fm. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
^ "Speaker Wesley W. Simina". Archived from the original on 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
^ "Senators elected for FSM Congress". kpress.info. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

External links

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[1] Micronesia Country Study Guide. 2009-03-20. ISBN 9781438732688.

[2] ttp://shark.comfsm.fm/library/digitallibrary/V10N71989.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[speaker18-3] "Halbert new speaker of FSMs' Eighteenth Congress". fsmcongress.fm. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

[4] "Speaker Wesley W. Simina". Archived from the original on 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2019-01-10.

[5] "Senators elected for FSM Congress". kpress.info. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

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Speakers of the Congress

Members

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