Wesley Simina Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Wesley Simina
Office:10th President of the Federated States of Micronesia
Vicepresident:Aren Palik
Term Start:May 11, 2023
Predecessor:David Panuelo
Office1:Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
Term Start1:May 11, 2015
Term End1:May 11, 2023
Predecessor1:Dohsis Halbert
Successor1:Esmond Moses
Office2:Governor of Chuuk State
1Blankname2:Lieutenant
1Namedata2:Johnson Elimo
Term Start2:July 1, 2005
Term End2:July 27, 2011
Predecessor2:Ansito Walter
Successor2:Johnson Elimo
Birth Name:Wesley W. Simina
Birth Date:10 September 1961
Alma Mater:University of Hawaii

Wesley W. Simina (born September 10, 1961) is a Micronesian politician who has served as the president of the Federated States of Micronesia since 2023. He served as the governor of Chuuk State, one of the four states that constitute the Federated States of Micronesia, from July 2005 to July 2011.[1]

Simina was re-elected to a second term as governor of Chuuk in a 2009 runoff election against Gillian N. Doone, the son of former Governor Gideon Doone.[2] He and Lt. Governor Johnson Elimo were sworn into their second terms on July 2, 2009, in an inauguration ceremony held at the Saramen Chuuk Development Center at Saramen Chuuk High School in Weno, Chuuk.[3]

Simina resigned as governor in July 2011 to become Chuuk's at-large senator in the national Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia.[4] Chuuk Lt. Governor Johnson Elimo immediately became the acting governor of Chuuk upon Simina's resignation.[4] Elimo won a special gubernatorial election on August 24, 2011, to serve out the remainder of Simina's unexpired term.[4] Elimo won the election with 7,945; Alexander Narruhn came in second with 6,913 votes, while Redley Killion placed third with 3,692.[4]

Simina was elected as the Speaker of the Nineteenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia on May 11, 2015,[5] and on May 11, 2023, he was elected president of the Federated States of Micronesia during the first regular session of the 23rd Congress.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Chuuk to inaugurate new leadership . . 2005-06-28 . 2011-02-11.
  2. News: Chuuk to hold gubernatorial runoff . . 2009-04-06 . 2011-02-11.
  3. News: Chuuk swears in governor, lt. governor, legislators . . 2009-07-10 . 2011-02-11.
  4. News: Bill. Jaynes. Elimo certified as the winner of the Chuuk "special" election . . 2011-09-08 . 2012-05-16.
  5. Web site: CFSM.fm . 2019-01-10 . January 11, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190111121502/http://www.cfsm.fm/index.php/public-info/112-members/biography/154-wesley-w-simina . dead .
  6. News: 2023-05-11 . Simina sworn in as new FSM president . en . Pacific Island Times . 2023-05-11.