Governor of Chuuk

{{Short description|Highest Elected position in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia}} {{Politics of the Federated States of Micronesia}} The office of the '''Governor of Chuuk''' is the highest elected position in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. The state was called Truk until 1989, so the title of this office prior to the change was '''Governor of Truk'''.

History of the office holders follows

{| class="wikitable" ! Image !! Name !! Inaugurated !! Left office !! Lieutenant Governor |- || 100x100px || Erhart Aten || October 1978 || May 8, 1986 || Hans Wiliander<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6YtHAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA195|title = Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands|year = 1976}}</ref><br>Bob Mori<ref name=nu/> |- || 100x100px || Gideon Doone || May 8, 1986 || 1990 || Bob Mori<ref name=nu>{{cite news |title=Doone, Mori Wins Truk Runoff (page 6) |url=https://comfsm.fm/library/digitallibrary/V7N91986.pdf |work=The National Union |date=May 1986 |accessdate=2011-02-13 |archive-date=2009-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327060136/http://www.comfsm.fm/library/digitallibrary/V7N91986.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- || || Sasao H. Gouland<ref name=gfsm>{{cite news|title=Former Governor Sasao Gouland of Chuuk Passed Away in Hawaii |url=http://www.fsmgov.org/press/pr031011.htm |work=Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM Information Services) |date=2011-03-10 |accessdate=2017-03-23 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226110700/http://fsmgov.org/press/pr031011.htm |archive-date=2016-12-26}}</ref> || 1990 || June 1996 || Marcellino Umwech |- || || Marcellino Umwech || June 1996 || April 1997 || ? |- || || Ansito Walter || April 1997 || April 19, 2005 || Manuel D. Sound<ref name=fsm> {{cite news|title=Chuuk inaugurates re-elected Leaderships |url=http://www.fsmgov.org/press/pr05000a.htm|work=FSM Information Service |date=May 2001 |accessdate=2011-03-15}}</ref> |- || 100x100px || Wesley Simina || April 19, 2005 || July 27, 2011 || Johnson Elimo |- || 100x100px || Johnson Elimo || July 27, 2011 (acting to Sep 2, 2011) || Apr 2021 || Ritis Heldart (2011–January 4, 2014)<br>Marius Akapito (since May 2, 2014)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myfsm.blogspot.gr/2014/05/akapito-sworn-in-as-lieutenant-governor.html|title = Fsmupdates: Akapito sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of the State of Chuuk|date = 14 May 2014}}</ref> |- || 100x100px || Alexander Narruhn<ref>{{cite web |title=Chuuk State - Legal Information System of the Federated States of Micronesia |url=http://fsmlaw.org/chuuk/index.htm |website=fsmlaw.org}}</ref> || April 13, 2021 || Incumbent || Mekeioshy William |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.fm/news/kp/2011/sept11_6.htm ELIMO CERTIFIED AS THE WINNER OF THE CHUUK "SPECIAL" ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR]

* Category:Chuuk State Category:1979 establishments in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands