Wesley W. Simina (born September 10, 1961) is a Micronesian

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who has served as the

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since 2023. He served as the governor of Chuuk State, one of the four states that constitute the

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states comprise a ...

, from July 2005 to July 2011. Simina was re-elected to a second term as governor of Chuuk in a 2009

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against Gillian N. Doone, the son of former Governor Gideon Doone. 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

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, Chuuk. Simina resigned as governor in July 2011 to become Chuuk's at-large

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in the national

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. Chuuk Lt. Governor

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immediately became the acting governor of Chuuk upon Simina's resignation. Elimo won a special gubernatorial election on August 24, 2011, to serve out the remainder of Simina's unexpired term. Elimo won the election with 7,945; Alexander Narruhn came in second with 6,913 votes, while Redley Killion placed third with 3,692. Simina was elected as the Speaker of the Nineteenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia on May 11, 2015, and on May 11, 2023, he was elected

during the first regular session of the 23rd Congress.

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Simina wins Chuuk governor's runoff

Pacific Partnership 2008
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