Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia

Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1979
Leadership
Speaker	Wesley Simina, Ind. ; since 11 May 2015
Vice-Speaker	, 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
	10 May 1979	May 1987	^[1]
Jack Fritz	May 1987	May 2003	^[2]
Peter M. Christian	12 May 2003	11 May 2007
	11 May 2007	11 May 2013	^[3]
	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. Romolou	Halls and Northwestern Islands
Kosrae
	Senator (At-Large)	Yosiwo George	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	Ferney Perman	Sokehs, Kolonia, Sapwuahfik, Nuhuoro and Kapingamarangi
	Two	Dion G Neth	Madolenihmw and Kitti
	Three	Esmond Moses	U, Nett, Mwoakilloa and Pingelap

References[]

^ Micronesia Country Study Guide. 2009-03-20. ISBN 9781438732688.
^ http://shark.comfsm.fm/library/digitallibrary/V10N71989.pdf
^ ^a ^b "Halbert new speaker of FSMs' Eighteenth Congress". fsmcongress.fm. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
^ http://www.cfsm.fm/index.php/public-info/112-members/biography/154-wesley-w-simina
^ "Senators elected for FSM Congress". kpress.info. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

External links[]

Official website

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

[2] ttp://shark.comfsm.fm/library/digitallibrary/V10N71989.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] ttp://www.cfsm.fm/index.php/public-info/112-members/biography/154-wesley-w-simina

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

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Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia

Contents

Speakers of the Congress[]

Members[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

Politics of the Federated States of Micronesia
Constitution President: David W. Panuelo Vice President: Yosiwo George Congress State Governors Chuuk: Kosrae: Pohnpei: Yap: Recent elections Parliamentary: 2015 2017 2019 Foreign relations
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