Micronesia
 

1875 - 12 Oct 1899                    12 Oct 1899 - 7 Oct 1914                  7 Oct 1914 - Feb 1944                      Feb 1944 - 30 Nov 1978     18 Jul 1947 - 19 Aug 1965 Pacific Is.Trust Terr.      19 Aug 1965 - 30 Nov 1978 Pacific Is.Trust Terr.                        Adopted 30 Nov 1978   Map of Micronesia Hear National Anthem "Patriots of Micronesia" (a.k.a. "Across All Micronesia") Adopted 1991 Former National Anthem  "Preamble" (1979-1991) Constitution   (10 May 1979) Capital: Palikir (Kolonia 1887-4 Nov 1989) Currency: US Dollar (USD)  National Holiday: 10 May (1979) Constitution Day Population: 107,665 (2008) GDP: $238.1 million (2008) Exports: $14 million (2004) Imports: $137.9 million (2006) Ethnic groups: Chuukese 28%, Pohnpeian 24.9%, Yapese 10.6%, Mortlockese 5.6%, Kosraean 5.2%, U.S. white 4.5%, Ulithian 3.3%, Carolinian 2.8%, Asian 1.3%, Polynesian and other 14.7% (2000) Total Police/Maritime Force: N/A Defense is the Responsibility of the U.S. Merchant marine: 3 ships (2008) Religions: Roman Catholic 52.7%, Protestant 40.6% (of which Congregationalist 40.1%), Mormon 1%, Ethnoreligionist 3.35%, Baha'i 1.62%, Buddhist 0.43%, Chinese folk religionist 0.30% (2005) International Organizations/Treaties: ACP, ADB, CTBT, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IMF, IOC, ITSO, ITU, KP, MIGA, NPT, OPCW, PC, PIF, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, WHO, WMO Micronesia Index Chronology  1 Oct 1525               Discovered by Portuguese Capt. Diego da Rocha,                             named Islas Sequeira.  1 Jan 1528               Re-discovered and claimed for Spain by Alvaro de                             Saavedra.  1686                      Reclaimed for Spain by Francesco Lazcano and                             named Islas Las Carolinas (Caroline Islands)                             (subordinated to the Philippines), no settlement. 1869                      Germans establish permanent trading station on Yap. 1874                      Spain reasserts its claim to the islands, but                             does begin settlement. 26 Aug 1885               Germans occupy Yap after the arrival of the first                              Spanish governor (on 21 Aug 1885). 1886                      Spanish possession confirmed by Papal arbitration                             of Pope Leo XIII, Germans withdraw claim. 18 Jul 1899               Part of German New Guinea (see Papua New Guinea).                             General supervision over the districts entrusted                             to the Heads of the district (Bezirkamtleute) of                             Ponape after 1907 those of District of Yap.   7 Oct 1914               Japanese occupation (see under Marshall Islands)                             from 28 Dec 1914 see under Palau). 17 Dec 1920               League of Nations mandate (South Seas Islands). Jul 1921                  Japanese transfer civil administration from Chuuk to                             Koror in Palau.  1 Apr 1922               Part of South Seas Agency (see under Palau). 1935                      Japan declares that the mandated islands are an                             "integral part of the Japanese Empire." 20 Sep 1944               U.S. occupation begins (on Ulithi; on Bikini 29 Mar                             1944, Yap from 1945). 20 Sep 1944 - 30 Jun 1951 Administered by U.S. Navy. 18 Jul 1947               Japanese mandate formally revoked; part of the UN                             Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI)                             (Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Northern                             Mariana Islands, Palau).  1 Jul 1951 - 1981        Administered by U.S. Department of Interior.  1 May 1979               Marshall Islands leave the federation. 10 May 1979               Autonomy (Federated States of Micronesia)                              (former Ponape, Truk, and Yap districts of the                             Trust Territory).  1 Jan 1981               Palau leave the federation.  3 Nov 1986               Compact of Free Association with the U.S. effective. 10 Jul 1987               Trust territory dissolved. 22 Dec 1990               Final independence (Security Council ratifies                              termination of trusteeship). Micronesia States (from 1971) Traditional states Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947-1986)

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
 

19 Aug 1965 - 1980

High Commissioner's Flag  1947 - 1986

Map of Trust Territory of Pacific

Capital: Saipan

Population: 132,929 (1980)

Military Governors
Mar 1944 - 19 Jun 1944     John H. Hoover
19 Jun 1944 - 24 Nov 1945  Chester William Nimitz             (b. 1885 - d. 1966)
24 Nov 1945 -  3 Feb 1946  Raymond Ames Spruance              (b. 1885 - d. 1969) 
 3 Feb 1946 - 28 Feb 1947  John H. Towers                     (b. 1885 - d. 1955)
28 Feb 1947 - 18 Jul 1947  Louis Emil Denfeld                 (b. 1891 - d. 1972)
High commissioners
18 Jul 1947 - 17 Apr 1948  Louis Emil Denfeld                 (s.a.)
17 Apr 1948 -  1 May 1949  DeWitt Clinton Ramsey              (b. 1888 - d. 1961)
 1 May 1949 -  6 Jan 1951  Arthur William Radford             (b. 1896 - d. 1973)
 6 Jan 1951 - 11 Feb 1953  Elbert Duncan Thomas               (b. 1883 - d. 1953)
13 Mar 1953 -  1 Sep 1954  Frank Elbert Midkiff               (b. 1887 - d. 1983)
 1 Sep 1954 -  1 May 1961  Delmas Henry Nucker                (b. 1907 - d. 1985)
                             (acting to Nov 1956)
 1 May 1961 - 27 May 1966  Maurice Wilfrid Goding             (b. 1911)
27 May 1966 -  1 May 1969  William Robert Norwood             (b. 1909)
                             (acting to 1 Aug 1966)
 1 May 1969 -  1 Jul 1976  Edward Elliott Johnston            (b. 1918)
 1 Jul 1976 -  9 Jul 1977  Peter Tali Coleman (acting)        (b. 1919 - d. 1997)
 9 Jul 1977 - 1981         Adrian P. Winkel                   (b. 1915)
Dec 1981 - 10 Jul 1987     Janet Jenkins McCoy (f)            (b. 1916 - d. 1995)
Director of the Office of Transition
 3 Nov 1986 - 30 Sep 1991  Charles Jordan

Governors 
15 Oct 1885 - Oct 1885     Max Plüddemann
                             (German commander on Ponape)
18 Jul 1899 -  7 Oct 1914  the governors of German New Guinea
 7 Oct 1914 -  1 Apr 1922  the commanders of Interim Southern
                           Islands Defense Unit (see Palau)
 1 Apr 1922 -  2 Feb 1944  the Administrators of South
                           Seas Agency (see Palau)
District officers (from 1899, Bezirksamtmann)
- western Caroline islands (Yap and Palau [and from 1907 Saipan])-
1886 - 18..                Manuel de Elisa 
18.. - 1897                ....
bf.Nov 1897 - af.Nov 1898  S. Cortes 
1900 - 1906                Arno Senfft                        (b. 1864 - d. 1909)
1906 - 1907                Georg Fritz (1st time)(acting)     (b. 1865 - d. 1944)
1907 - 1909                ....
c.1909                     Rudolf Karlowa
1909 - 1910                Georg Fritz (2nd time)             (s.a.)
1910 - 1911                Hermann Kersting
1911 - 1914                Baumert
- eastern Carlonine islands (Ponape [and from 1911 Marshall Islands])-
26 Jul 1886 -  6 Aug 1886  Luis Bayo y Hernández Pinzón
1886 - 1887                Capriles 
13 Mar 1887 -  3 Jul 1887  Isidro Posadillo y Posadillo       (b. 1840 - d. 1887)
29 Oct 1887 - Jan 1891     Luis Cadarso y Rey                 (b. 1831 - d. 1898)
19 Feb 1891 - Feb 1892     Julio Merás y Urio
28 Feb 1892 - 28 Apr 1892  José Padriñan
28 Apr 1892 - May 1893     Bienvenido Flandes (acting)
19 May 1893 - Aug 1894     Fernando Claudin
23 Aug 1894 - 189.         José Pidal Rebollo                 (b. 1849 - d. 1920)
c.1894 - 189.              Juan de la Concha
bf.Nov 1897 - af.Nov 1898  José Fernández de Córdoba 
May 1899 - 12 Oct 1899     .... (acting)
12 Oct 1899 - 1901         Albert Hahl                        (b. 1868 - d. 1945)
 1 Sep 1901 - 30 Apr 1907  Victor Berg                        (b. 1861 - d. 1907)
1907                       Girschner (acting)
1907 - 1909                Georg Fritz                        (s.a.) 
Oct 1909 - 18 Oct 1910     Gustav Boeder                      (d. 1910)
1910 -  7 Oct 1914         August Überhorst
Vice-governors of German New Guinea 
(with general supervision over the island districts)
1899 - 1901                Albert Hahl                        (s.a.) 
1901 - 1907                Victor Berg                        (s.a.)
1907 - 1909                Arno Senfft                        (s.a.)
1909                       Rudolf Karlowa                     (b. 1844 - d. 1909)
1909 - 1910                Georg Fritz                        (s.a.) 
1910 - 1911                Hermann Kersting
1911 - 1914                Baumert
Presidents
11 May 1979 - 11 May 1987  Tosiwo Nakayama                    (b. 1931 - d. 2007)  Non-party
11 May 1987 - 11 May 1991  John Richard Haglelgam             (b. 1949)            Non-party
11 May 1991 -  8 May 1997  Bailey Olter                       (b. 1932 - d. 1999)  Non-party
 8 Nov 1996 - 11 May 1999  Jacob Nena                         (b. 1941)            Non-party
                             (acting for incapacitated Olter to 8 May 1997)
11 May 1999 - 11 May 2003  Leo Amy Falcam                     (b. 1935)            Non-party
11 May 2003 - 11 May 2007  Joseph John Urusemal               (b. 1952)            Non-party
11 May 2007 -              Manny Mori                         (b. 1948)            Non-party

No Formal Political Parties Exist