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Chuuk (Truk)
![[Truk (Micronesia) state flag 1979-1997]](fm_truc1.GIF) 3 Oct 1979 - 19 Apr 1997 |
![[Chuuk flag (Micronesia)]](fm-truk.jpg)
Adopted 19 Apr 1997 |
1947 Truk district
Oct 1977 State of Truk
24 Oct 1989 Constitution changing name from Truk to Chuuk approved
in referendum (with retroactive effect to 1 Oct 1989).
District Administrators (Distad)
1947 - 1951 ....
1951 - 1956 Willard Chester Muller (b. 1916 – d. 2008)
1956 George C. Shumard (acting)
16 Apr 1956 - 1960 Roy Trent Gallemore (b. 1895 – d. 1977)
1960 - 1963 Robert Halvorsen
1963 - 1966 James Boyd McKenzie (b. 1918 – d. 1978)
1966 - 3 Jun 1968 Alan Mills MacQuarrie (b. 1913 - d. 2000)
3 Jun 1968 - 1968 Raymond Setik (acting) (b. 1930 – d. 1997)
1968 Robert D. Law (acting)
Sep 1968 - Dec 1969 Jesse Robert Quigley (b. 1932)
1970 - 1974 Juan Atalig Sablan (d. 1996)
1974 - 1978 Mitaro S. Danis (b. 1936)
Governors
26 Sep 1978 - 8 May 1986 Erhart Aten (b. 1932 - d. 2004)
8 May 1986 - 1990 Gideon Doone
1990 - Jun 1996 Sasao H. Gouland (b. 1933 - d. 2011)
Jun 1996 - Apr 1997 Marcellino Umwech
Apr 1997 - 19 Apr 2005 Ansito Walter
19 Apr 2005 - 27 Jul 2011 Wesley W. Simina (b. 1961)
27 Jul 2011 - Johnson Elimo
(acting to 2 Sep 2011)
Kosrae (Kusaie)
Adopted 30 Jul 1981
Jan 1977 Kosrae district, separated from Ponape.
May 1978 Kosrae state
District Administrator (Distad)
1977 - 1 Jan 1979 James K. Pualoa (b. 1926 - d. 2004)
Governors
1 Jan 1979 - 3 Jan 1983 Jacob Nena (b. 1941)
3 Jan 1983 - 14 Jan 1991 Yosiwo P. George (b. 1941)
14 Jan 1991 - 9 Jan 1995 Thurston K. Siba (b. 1937)
9 Jan 1995 - 11 Jan 1999 Moses T. Mackwelung
11 Jan 1999 - 9 Jan 2007 Rensley A. Sigrah (b. 1955)
9 Jan 2007 - 23 Feb 2007 Lyndon H. Jackson (1st time)
(acting)
23 Feb 2007 - 11 Jan 2011 Robert J. Weilbacher (b. 1948?)
11 Jan 2011 - Lyndon H. Jackson (2nd time)
Pohnpei (Ponape)
 Dec 1977 - 1992 |
 Adopted 1992 |
1947 Ponape district
May 1978 Ponape state
8 Nov 1984 New constitution changes name from Ponape to Pohnpei.
District Administrators (Distad)
Sep 1947 - Mar 1949 Willis D. Mooney
Jun 1949 - Sep 1950 Lewis H. Hanthorn
Dec 1950 - Mar 1951 Roland W. Kenney
Jun 1951 Robert P. Thacker
Jul 1951 - Mar 1953 Kevin M. Carroll (b. 1920? – d. 1957)
1953 - 1958 Henry M. Hedges (b. 1901 – d. 1969)
Oct 1958 - 12 Jun 1959 David Donald Heron (b. 1903 – d. 1964)
24 Aug 1959 - 1960 William E. Finale (b. 1924 – b. 2006)
1960 - 1963 Maynard Neas (b. 1906 – d. 1979)
1963 - 1968 Robert Halvorsen
1969 - 1972 James Boyd MacKenzie (b. 1918 – d. 1978)
16 Sep 1972 - 1976 Leo Amy Falcam (b. 1935)
4 Dec 1976 - 30 Nov 1977 Resio S. Moses (b. 1944 - d. 2009)
Governors
Dec 1977 - Apr 1979 Bermin F. Weilbacher (acting)
1 May 1979 - 1 May 1983 Leo Amy Falcam (s.a.)
1 May 1983 - 3 Jan 1992 Resio S. Moses (s.a.)
3 Jan 1992 - 8 Jan 1996 Johnny P. David (1st time) (b. 1937)
8 Jan 1996 - 10 Jan 2000 Del S. Pangelinan (b. 1937)
10 Jan 2000 - 14 Jan 2008 Johnny P. David (2nd time) (s.a.)
14 Jan 2008 - John Ehsa (b. 1958)
Yap
Adopted 30 May 1980
1947 Yap district
May 1978 Yap state
District Administrators (Distad)
Dec 1947 - Dec 1948 Willard V. McNulty
Mar 1949 - Jun 1949 Thomas E. Quillman
Jun 1949 Harold G. Gibson
Dec 1949 - Jun 1951 Charles K. Holger
Jun 1951 - 1953? King W. Chapman
Oct 1953 - Mar 1955 David Donald Heron (b. 1903 – d. 1964)
1955 - 1960 Robert Halvorsen
1960 - 1963 Roy Trent Gallemore (b. 1895 – d. 1977)
1963 - 1966 Maynard Neas (b. 1906 – d. 1979)
1966 - Jun 1967 William C. White
Jun 1967 - 1969 James C. Flannery
1969 - 1970 George A. Hoover (b. 1932?)
1970 - 1975 Leonard Q. Aguigui
1975 - 1979 Edmund Gilmar (b. 1931 - d. 2009)
Governors
8 Jan 1979 - 12 Jan 1987 John Avila Mangefel (b. 1932 - d. 2007)
12 Jan 1987 - 9 Jan 1995 Petrus Tun (b. 1936 - d. 1999)
9 Jan 1995 - 13 Jan 2003 Vincent A. Figir (b. 1936)
13 Jan 2003 - 8 Jan 2007 Robert A. Ruecho (b. 1946)
8 Jan 2007 - Sebastian L. Anefal (b. 1952)
©2001 Ben Cahoon